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Skillful vs Ingenious - What's the difference?

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Skillful is a related term of ingenious.


As adjectives the difference between skillful and ingenious

is that skillful is possessing skill while ingenious is displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.

skillful

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * (Commonwealth English) skilful

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Possessing skill.

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    Related terms

    * skill * skilled * skillfully

    ingenious

    English

    Alternative forms

    * engenious

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.
    • This fellow is ingenious ; he fixed a problem I didn't even know I had.
  • Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.
    • That is an ingenious model of the atom.
  • Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.
    • He sent me an ingenious reply for an email.

    Usage notes

    Do not confuse with ingenuous.

    Synonyms

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    Related terms

    * engine * engineer * genius * ingeniosity * ingeniousness

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