Talent vs Genius - What's the difference?
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(label) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East.
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(label) A desire or inclination for something.
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A marked natural ability or skill.
(label) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.
* 2011 , Nic Venter, Wow! What a Life! (page 179)
(informal) ingenious, very clever, or original.
(eulogistic) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.
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Extraordinary mental capacity.
Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
(Roman mythology) The guardian spirit of a place or person.
A way of thinking, optimizing one's capacity for learning and understanding.
As nouns the difference between talent and genius
is that talent is a unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East while genius is someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.As an adjective genius is
ingenious, very clever, or original.talent
English
(wikipedia talent)Noun
(en noun)- For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents , to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
- But my hede said sir Palomydes I wille not ryde these thre dayes // therfor I pray you syr Dynadan abyde and ryde with vs / Feythfully said Dynadan I wylle not abyde for I haue suche a talent to see sir Tristram that I may not abyde longe from hym
- I went down to the beach front, of course, for that was the first thing that all Vaalies did: to look at the sea and to check the talent on the beach.
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English
(wikipedia genius)Adjective
(-)- What a genius idea!