intellectual vs bel esprit

bel esprit vs intellectual

intellectual and bel esprit both are nouns.

intellectual is an adjective but bel esprit is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
intellectual	Yes	Yes	No	No
bel esprit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bel esprit is a hyponym of intellectual; that is, bel esprit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than intellectual:

intellectual: a person who uses the mind creatively
bel esprit: a witty or clever person with a fine mind

Other hyponyms of intellectual include anomalist, exponent, alchemist, aphorist, clever clogs, clever Dick, decipherer, decoder, egghead, expositor, expounder, brain, 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.

intellectual (noun)	bel esprit (noun)
a person who uses the mind creatively	a witty or clever person with a fine mind

intellectual (adjective)	bel esprit (adjective)
appealing to or using the intellect
involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

Difference between intellectual and bel esprit

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