Ingenious vs. Genius

Ingeniousadjective

Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.

Ingeniousadjective

Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.

Ingeniousadjective

Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.

Ingeniousadjective

Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.

Ingeniousadjective

Proceeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.

Ingeniousadjective

Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply.

Ingeniousadjective

Mental; intellectual.

Ingeniousadjective

(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action;

Ingeniousadjective

skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends;

Ingeniousadjective

showing inventiveness and skill;

Geniusnoun

(eulogistic) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.

Geniusnoun

Extraordinary mental capacity.

Geniusnoun

Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.

Geniusnoun

(Roman mythology) The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.

Geniusadjective

(informal) ingenious, very clever, or original.

Geniusnoun

A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.

Geniusnoun

The peculiar structure of mind with which each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting.

Geniusnoun

Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language.

Geniusnoun

Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius.

Geniusnoun

A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties and creativity; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.

Geniusnoun

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality;

Geniusnoun

unusual mental ability

Geniusnoun

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

Geniusnoun

exceptional creative ability

Geniusnoun

a natural talent;

Genius

A genius is a person who displays exceptional intellectual ability, creative productivity, universality in genres, or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of new discoveries or advances in a domain of knowledge. Geniuses may be polymaths who excel across many diverse subjects or may show high achievements in only a single kind of activity.There is no scientifically precise definition of a genius.