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thinking vs out-of-the-box thinking

out-of-the-box thinking vs thinking

thinking and out-of-the-box thinking both are nouns.

thinking is an adjective but out-of-the-box thinking is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
thinking Yes Yes No No
out-of-the-box thinking Yes No No No
As nouns, out-of-the-box thinking is a hyponym of thinking; that is, out-of-the-box thinking is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than thinking:
  • thinking: the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
  • out-of-the-box thinking: thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity
thinking (noun) out-of-the-box thinking (noun)
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity
thinking (adjective) out-of-the-box thinking (adjective)
endowed with the capacity to reason
Difference between thinking and out-of-the-box thinking

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