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Sharpness vs Ingenuity - What's the difference?

sharpness | ingenuity |

As a proper noun sharpness

is an inland port in gloucestershire.

As a noun ingenuity is

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

sharpness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness
  • (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object
  • (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
  • (of food etc) pungency or acidity
  • (of an image) distinctness, focus
  • (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 19 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Ukraine , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=A lack of match sharpness was perhaps to blame for Rooney squandering England's best chance after 27 minutes.}}
  • (obsolete) edge or blade
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=1760 , author=John Marchant, Gent. Mr. Gordon, Daniel Bellamy, and others. , title=A New Complete English Dictionary... citation , passage=CUT-WATER, or KNEE OF THE HEAD [S.] the ?harpne?s of the head of the ?hip, below the beak;}}
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=ca. 1395 , author=John Wycliffe et al. , title=Joshua 6:21 citation , passage=also thei smytiden bi the scharpnesse of swerd, oxun, and scheep, and assis.}}

    Synonyms

    * (cutting ability of an edge) keenness * (fineness of a point) * acidity, acridity, piquancy, pungency, sourness * (of an image) clarity, distinctness, focus * (of intelligence) acuteness, acuity

    See also

    * (of an image) (l)

    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