Mental vs Brainwork - What's the difference?
mental | brainwork |
Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
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Enjoyable; fun.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.
Work done with the brain; mental effort.
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* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 21, author=Will Shortz, title=A Rush of Excitement, From Filling in Empty Spaces to Completing a Large Loop, work=New York Times
, passage=Its rules are so simple they can be explained in two sentences, yet the brainwork needed to solve it is quite complex. }}
As nouns the difference between mental and brainwork
is that mental is moron while brainwork is work done with the brain; mental effort.mental
English
(wikipedia mental)Adjective
(-)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
Synonyms
* genial (in the sense referring to the chin) * genian (in the sense referring to the chin)Derived terms
* extramental * intermental * intramental * mentalese * mentalist * mentality * mentally * mental age * mental block * mental disease * mental home * mental patientExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----brainwork
English
Noun
(-)- But not more comfortable than we need, I can tell you, comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays.
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