intellectual vs brain

brain vs intellectual

intellectual and brain both are nouns.

intellectual is an adjective but brain is not an adjective.

intellectual is not a verb while brain is a verb.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of intellectual 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.

intellectual (noun)	brain (noun)
a person who uses the mind creatively	that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
	mental ability
	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

intellectual (adjective)	brain (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

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

Difference between intellectual and brain

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