intellectual vs clever clogs

clever clogs vs intellectual

intellectual and clever clogs both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

intellectual (adjective)	clever clogs (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 clogs

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