intellect vs brain

brain vs intellect

intellect and brain both are nouns.

intellect is not a verb while brain is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
intellect	Yes	No	No	No
brain	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, brain is a hyponym of intellect; that is, brain is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than intellect:

intellect: a person who uses the mind creatively
brain: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

Other hyponyms of intellect include anomalist, exponent, alchemist, aphorist, bel esprit, clever clogs, clever Dick, decipherer, decoder, egghead, expositor, expounder, brainiac, Einstein, genius, mastermind, highbrow, mentor, wise man, bookman, scholar, scholarly person, doubter, sceptic, skeptic, specifier, subjectivist, synthesiser, synthesist, synthesizer, idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer, creative thinker, mind, thinker, thinker, illusionist, seer, visionary, wonderer.

intellect (noun)	brain (noun)
the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination	that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
knowledge and intellectual ability	mental ability
a person who uses the mind creatively	that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
	the brain of certain animals used as meat
	someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

intellect (verb)	brain (verb)
	hit on the head
	kill by smashing someone's skull

Difference between intellect and brain

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