Acumen vs Management - What's the difference?
acumen | management |
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
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(uncountable, management) Administration; the process or practice of managing.
(management) The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
(uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.
As nouns the difference between acumen and management
is that acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination while management is management (administration; the process or practice of managing).acumen
English
Noun
(en noun)- No, no, my dear Watson! With all respect for your natural acumen , I do not think that you are quite a match for the worthy doctor.
- Hannibal Lecter: Why do you think he removes their skins, Agent Starling? Enthrall me with your acumen .