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Perspicacious vs Calculating - What's the difference?

perspicacious | calculating |

As adjectives the difference between perspicacious and calculating

is that perspicacious is (figuratively) of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive while calculating is (especially of a robot) which has the ability to calculate.

As a verb calculating is

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perspicacious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
  • (obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.

    • Derived terms

    * perspicaciously * perspicaciousness

    Related terms

    * perspicacity * perspicuity * perspicuous * perspicuously * perspicuousness

    See also

    * clairvoyant * conspicuous * perspective

    calculating

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (especially of a robot) Which has the ability to calculate.
  • (especially of a person) Which serves one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating ? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."}}

    Verb

    (head)