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Lucky vs Perspicacious - What's the difference?

lucky | perspicacious |

As adjectives the difference between lucky and perspicacious

is that lucky is favoured by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune said of persons while perspicacious is (figuratively) of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.

lucky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Favoured by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune. Said of persons.
    • a lucky adventurer
    The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.
  • Producing, or resulting in, good chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate.
    • a lucky mistake
    a lucky cast
    a lucky hour

    Quotations

    * 1989 , Howard Ashman, “Under the Sea”, The Little Mermaid , Walt Disney Feature Animation *: They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate

    Synonyms

    * (favored by luck ): fortunate, successful * (producing or resulting in good chance ): auspicious, favorable/favourable, fortunate, fortuitous

    Derived terms

    * get lucky * lucky dip * lucky you * should be so lucky

    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