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Resourcefullness vs Ingenuity - What's the difference?

resourcefullness | ingenuity |

As a noun ingenuity is

the ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.

resourcefullness

Not English

Resourcefullness has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'resourcefullness':

resourcefulness, recharacterizes, resourcelessness, resurrectionizes

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