Brains vs. Intellect

Brainsnoun

plural of brain

Brainsnoun

(plurale tantum) The substance of a brain as a material or foodstuff.

Brainsnoun

The figurative substance of a brain: mental ability, intelligence.

Brainsnoun

The intelligent person or people in a group: the director, planner, administrator, &c.

Intellectnoun

the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty (uncountable)

Intellectnoun

the capacity of that faculty (in a particular person) (uncountable)

Intellectnoun

a person who has that faculty to a great degree

Intellectnoun

The part or faculty of the human mind by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.

Intellectnoun

The capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; mental capacity.

Intellectnoun

A particular mind, especially a person of high intelligence; as, he was a great intellect.

Intellectnoun

knowledge and intellectual ability;

Intellectnoun

the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination;

Intellectnoun

a person who uses the mind creatively

Intellect

In the study of the human mind, intellect refers to and identifies the ability of the mind to reach correct conclusions about what is true and what is false, and about how to solve problems. The term intellect derives from the Ancient Greek philosophy term nous, which translates to the Latin intellectus (from intelligere, “to understand”) and into the French and English languages as intelligence.