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Prodigy vs Brainiac - What's the difference?

prodigy | brainiac |

As nouns the difference between prodigy and brainiac

is that prodigy is while brainiac is (slang|sometimes|derogatory) a very intelligent and usually studious, erudite person.

prodigy

English

Noun

(prodigies)
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 87:
  • John Foxe believed that special prodigies had heralded the Reformation.
  • An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak.
  • An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder.
  • A wonderful example of something.
  • An extremely talented person, especially a child.
  • Synonyms

    * (extremely talented person) wunderkind, girl wonder, girl-genius, boy-genius, boy wonder, child prodigy.

    See also

    * precocious * prodigal * child prodigy * prodigy house

    brainiac

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, sometimes, derogatory) a very intelligent and usually studious, erudite person.
  • Synonyms

    * genius * pedant * smart-ass * wiseguy

    Antonyms

    * dufus * dumb-ass * dumbo * idiot * ignoramus