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Profundity vs Ingenuity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between profundity and ingenuity

is that profundity is the state of being profound or abstruse while ingenuity is the ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.

profundity

English

Noun

(profundities)
  • The state of being profound or abstruse.
  • A great depth.
  • Deep intellect or insight.

    • Synonyms

    * profoundness

    ingenuity

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.
    • The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
    Poverty is the mother of ingenuity .
    Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.
  • Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness.
  • *, II.17:
    • And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie , and ever to speake truth and what I think.

    Related terms

    * ingenious * ingenuous

    See also

    * industriousness