Sage vs Sapient - What's the difference?
sage | sapient |
Wise.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
* Milton
A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), § 34:
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply
Possessing wisdom and discernment; wise, learned.
* 2010 , (Christopher Hitchens), Hitch-22 , Atlantic 2011, p. 217:
(chiefly, science fiction) Possessing intelligence and self-awareness.
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1962
, date = January
, first = Henry Beam
, last = Piper
, authorlink = H. Beam Piper
, title = Naudsonce
, magazine = Analog Science Fact and Science Fiction
, volume = 68
, issue = 5
, page = 9
, passage = It was inhabited by a sapient humanoid race, and some of them were civilized enough to put it in Class V, and Colonial Office doctrine on Class V planets was rigid.
}}
(chiefly, science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware being.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1960
, first = Philip José
, last = Farmer
, authorlink = Philip José Farmer
, title = A Woman a Day
, page = 30
, passage = It seemed to him a possibility that the Cold War Corps of March might have contacted hitherto unknown sapients on some just discovered interstellar planet.
}}
As a verb sage
is first-person singular indicative present form of .As an adjective sapient is
possessing wisdom and discernment; wise, learned.As a noun sapient is
(chiefly|science fiction) an intelligent, self-aware being.sage
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .Adjective
(er)- All you sage counsellors, hence!
- commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
- [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
Synonyms
* sagaciousNoun
(en noun)- We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .
Synonyms
* deep thinker, egghead, intellectual, punditDerived terms
* sagely * sageness * sage on the stage * Seven SagesSee also
* rishi * maharishiEtymology 2
From (etyl) sauge, from (etyl) salvia, from , see safe .Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (herb) ramonaDerived terms
* sagebush * Sage Derby * sage dog * sage green * sage grouse * sage tea * sage thrasher * wood sageSee also
* salviaExternal links
* (Salvia officinalis) *Etymology 3
.Verb
(sag)Usage notes
* This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems one's own post to be of little value.sapient
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In Europe I had been told by sapient academics that there wasn't really any class system in the United States: well, you couldn't prove that by the conditions in California's agribusinesses, or indeed its urban factories.
