Difference between Mental and Intellectual

What is the difference between Mental and Intellectual?

Mental as an adjective is of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process while Intellectual as an adjective is belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

Mental

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure of or pertaining to a crazy person, crazy

Intellectual

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person.Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments.Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An intelligent person, someone interested in intellectual matters.The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

We hope you now know whether to use Mental or Intellectual in your sentence.

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