Difference between Nonintellectual and Philistine

What is the difference between Nonintellectual and Philistine?

Nonintellectual as an adjective is not intellectual while Philistine as an adjective is lacking in appreciation for art or culture

Nonintellectual

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not intellectual Not involving the intellect

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who is not intellectual

Philistine

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Lacking in appreciation for art or culture

Example sentence: It's only because I feel like such a philistine spending all that time in hair and makeup that I started to knit. I used to spend that time studying Italian and French. Then after I had two kids, my brain turned to mush and I took up knitting.

We hope you now know whether to use Nonintellectual or Philistine in your sentence.

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