intelligence vs brilliance
brilliance vs intelligenceintelligence and brilliance both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| intelligence | Yes | No | No | No |
| brilliance | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
brilliance is a hyponym of
intelligence; that is, brilliance is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
intelligence:
- intelligence: the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
- brilliance: unusual mental ability
Other hyponyms of intelligence include
brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit, breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness, intellect, mind, nonverbal intelligence, verbal intelligence, mental quickness, quick-wittedness, quickness, mental dexterity, nimbleness, genius, precociousness, precocity, acuity, acuteness, keenness, sharpness, brightness, cleverness, smartness, astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness, marbles, wits, hyperintelligence, superintelligence, emotional intelligence.
| intelligence (noun) | brilliance (noun) |
|---|---|
| the operation of gathering information about an enemy | a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted |
| the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience | the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand |
| information about recent and important events | unusual mental ability |
| secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy) | |
| a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy |
Words related to "intelligence"
- IC
- Intelligence Community
- National Intelligence Community
- SIGINT
- United States Intelligence Community
- United States intelligence agency
- ability
- acuity
- acuteness
- administrative body
- administrative unit
- astuteness
- brain
- brainpower
- breadth
- brightness
- brilliance
- clandestine operation
- cleverness
- combat intelligence
- comprehensiveness
- counterintelligence
- current intelligence
- emotional intelligence
- genius
- good word
- hyperintelligence
- info
- information
- information gathering
- intellect
- intelligence activity
- intelligence agency
- intelligence information
- intelligence operation
- intelligence service
- intelligent
- international intelligence agency
- keenness
- largeness
- latest
- learning ability
- marbles
- mental capacity
- mental dexterity
- mental quickness
- mentality
- military intelligence
- military intelligence agency
- mind
- news
- nimbleness
- nonverbal intelligence
- overt operation
- perspicaciousness
- perspicacity
- power
- precociousness
- precocity
- quick-wittedness
- quickness
- reconnaissance
- reconnaissance mission
- sharpness
- shrewdness
- signals intelligence
- smartness
- spying
- strategic intelligence
- stupid
- stupidity
- superintelligence
- tactical intelligence
- tidings
- undercover work
- unintelligent
- verbal intelligence
- wit
- wits
- word
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