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Lucid vs Astute - What's the difference?

lucid | astute |

As adjectives the difference between lucid and astute

is that lucid is clear; easily understood while astute is quickly and critically discerning.

As a noun lucid

is a lucid dream.

lucid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • clear; easily understood
  • * '>citation
  • mentally rational; sane
  • bright, luminous, translucent or transparent

    • Synonyms

    * clear * coherent * fluent * pellucid * perspicuous * straightforward * see-through * transparent

    Derived terms

    * lucid dream * lucidity (noun) * lucidly (adverb)

    Related terms

    * elucidate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lucid dream.
  • * 1986 , Benjamin B. Wolman, Montague Ullman, Handbook of states of consciousness (page 163)
    • The day before nightmare-initiated lucids , subjects reported more depressed feelings

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    astute

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • quickly and critically discerning
  • shrewd or crafty
  • * 2014 , A teacher, " Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
    • The best headteachers are like submarine captains – cool-headed, astute decision-makers – who trust their colleagues and surroundings to indicate where their ship is headed.

    Synonyms

    * crafty, shrewd, wily

    Derived terms

    * astutely * astuteness

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