Difference between Cleverness and Ingenuity

What is the difference between Cleverness and Ingenuity?

Cleverness as a noun is the property of being clever. while Ingenuity as a noun is the ability to solve difficult problems, often in original and creative ways

Cleverness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The property of being clever.

Example sentence: Books are in no hurry. An act of creation is in no hurry; it reads us, it privileges us infinitely. The notion that it is the occasion for our cleverness fills me with baffled bitterness and anger.

Ingenuity

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original and creative ways

Example sentence: No idea should be discarded completely, but - as one might imagine - it does take a degree of ingenuity to find a new spin on something as hackneyed as the 'Adam and Eve' story. But if you think you've got the chops for it, there's no reason not to try.

We hope you now know whether to use Cleverness or Ingenuity in your sentence.

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