circumspection vs sagacity

circumspection and sagacity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
circumspection	Yes	No	No	No
sagacity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sagacity is a hypernym of circumspection; that is, sagacity is a word with a broader meaning than circumspection:

circumspection: knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
sagacity: the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

Other hypernyms of circumspection include discernment, judgement, judgment, sagaciousness.

circumspection (noun)	sagacity (noun)
the trait of being circumspect and prudent	the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress	the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations