Difference between Clerisy and Intelligentsia

What is the difference between Clerisy and Intelligentsia?

Clerisy as a noun is an elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati. while Intelligentsia as a noun is the intellectual élite of a society (especially in nineteenth-century poland, in russia and later the soviet union).

Clerisy

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati.

Intelligentsia

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The intellectual élite of a society (especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia and later the Soviet Union).

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