snapper68
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Chiangmai
I'll give a similar answer as I did with "Knowledge vs. Wisdom":
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
What separates the two? Perspicacity.
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donxeon
Russrocks
in·tel·li·gence noun \in-?te-l?-j?n(t)s\
Definition of INTELLIGENCE
1a (1): the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations : reason; also: the skilled use of reason (2): the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests) bChristian Science: the basic eternal quality of divine Mind c: mental acuteness : shrewdness
2a: an intelligent entity; especially: angel b: intelligent minds or mind <cosmic intelligence>
3: the act of understanding : comprehension
4a: information, news b: information concerning an enemy or possible enemy or an area; also: an agency engaged in obtaining such information
5: the ability to perform computer functions
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- She has little knowledge of fashion.
- He has devoted himself to the pursuit of knowledge.
- She gained a thorough knowledge of local customs.
- Did you have any knowledge of her intentions?
- At that time the word science had not been narrowed down to one kind of knowledge; it meant whatever was known, and men of learning were still able to possess most of it. —Jacques Barzun, From Dawn to Decadence, 2000
- With their aid, he should be able to adapt himself selectively to his culture, rejecting its evils, stupidities and irrelevances, gratefully accepting all its treasures of accumulated knowledge … and practical wisdom. —Aldous Huxley, “Culture and the … ,” in Artificial Paradises,Mike Jay editor, 1999
- The knowledge of the godawful way people act (their greed, their vicarious or direct violence), and of the youth and helplessness of those who died, leads to shame … —Harold Brodkey, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 1995
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adjective
his perspicacious advisers recommended caution: discerning, shrewd, perceptive, astute, penetrating, observant, percipient, sharp-witted, sharp, smart, alert, clear-sighted, farsighted, acute, clever, canny, intelligent, insightful, wise, sage, sensitive, intuitive, understanding, aware, discriminating; informal on the ball, heads-up, with it. ANTONYMS stupid.