acumen

As nouns the difference between attention and acumen

is that attention is mental focus while acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

As an interjection attention

is {{cx|military|lang=en}} Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.

As nouns the difference between acumen and cleaver

is that acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination while cleaver is a squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones etc.

As a noun acumen

is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

As an adjective obtuse is

blunt; not sharp.

As nouns the difference between proficient and acumen

is that proficient is an expert while acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

As an adjective proficient

is good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.

As nouns the difference between cunning and acumen

is that cunning is (obsolete) knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge) while acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

As an adjective cunning

is sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

As nouns the difference between acumen and profundity

is that acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination while profundity is the state of being profound or abstruse.

As nouns the difference between acumen and profundities

is that acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination while profundities is .

As nouns the difference between profound and acumen

is that profound is (obsolete) the deep; the sea; the ocean while acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

As an adjective profound

is descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.

As a verb profound

is (obsolete) to cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.

As nouns the difference between acumen and surmise

is that acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination while surmise is thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.

As a verb surmise is

to conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.

Discretion is a related term of acumen.

As nouns the difference between discretion and acumen

is that discretion is discretion while acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.