Intelligence vs. Talent

Intelligencenoun

Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn.

Intelligencenoun

(countable) An entity that has such capacities.

Intelligencenoun

Information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

Intelligencenoun

(countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

Intelligencenoun

(dated) Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.

Intelligencenoun

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

Intelligencenoun

The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.

Intelligencenoun

Information communicated; news; notice; advice.

Intelligencenoun

Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.

Intelligencenoun

Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information.

Intelligencenoun

An intelligent being or spirit; - generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence.

Intelligencenoun

The division within a military organization that gathers and evaluates information about an enemy.

Intelligencenoun

the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

Intelligencenoun

a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

Intelligencenoun

secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy);

Intelligencenoun

new information about specific and timely events;

Intelligencenoun

the operation of gathering information about an enemy

Intelligence

Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. More generally, it can be described as the ability to perceive or infer information, and to retain it as knowledge to be applied towards adaptive behaviors within an environment or context.

Talentnoun

A marked natural ability or skill.

Talentnoun

(historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East.

Talentnoun

(obsolete) A desire or inclination for something.

Talentnoun

People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.

Talentnoun

(slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.

Talentnoun

Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minæ or 6,000 drachmæ. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.

Talentnoun

Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.

Talentnoun

Inclination; will; disposition; desire.

Talentnoun

Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30).

Talentnoun

natural qualities or talents

Talentnoun

a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

Talentnoun

natural aptitude or skill

Talentnoun

people possessing natural aptitude or skill

Talentnoun

people regarded as sexually attractive or as prospective sexual partners

Talentnoun

a former weight and unit of currency, used especially by the ancient Romans and Greeks