intellectual vs clever Dick

clever Dick vs intellectual

intellectual and clever Dick both are nouns.

intellectual is an adjective but clever Dick is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
intellectual	Yes	Yes	No	No
clever Dick	Yes	No	No	No

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

intellectual: a person who uses the mind creatively
clever Dick: an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable

Other hyponyms of intellectual include anomalist, exponent, alchemist, aphorist, bel esprit, clever clogs, 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)	clever Dick (noun)
a person who uses the mind creatively	an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable

intellectual (adjective)	clever Dick (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 clever Dick

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