Intelligence vs. Wisdom

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.

Wisdomnoun

(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.

Wisdomnoun

(countable) A piece of wise advice.

Wisdomnoun

The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.

Wisdomnoun

The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.

Wisdomnoun

The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.

Wisdomnoun

(theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.

Wisdomnoun

The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.

Wisdomnoun

The results of wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition.

Wisdomnoun

accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

Wisdomnoun

the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

Wisdomnoun

ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

Wisdomnoun

the quality of being prudent and sensible

Wisdomnoun

an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

Wisdom

Wisdom, sapience, or sagacity is the ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and insight. Wisdom is associated with attributes such as unbiased judgment, compassion, experiential self-knowledge, self-transcendence and non-attachment, and virtues such as ethics and benevolence.Wisdom has been defined in many different ways, including several distinct approaches to assess the characteristics attributed to wisdom.