Ingenious vs. Engine: What's the Difference?
Ingenious and Engine Definitions
Ingenious
Having great inventive skill and imagination
An ingenious negotiator.
Engine
A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion.
Ingenious
Marked by or exhibiting originality or inventiveness
An ingenious solution to the problem.
Engine
Such a machine distinguished from an electric, spring-driven, or hydraulic motor by its use of a fuel.
Ingenious
(Obsolete) Having genius; brilliant.
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Engine
A mechanical appliance, instrument, or tool
Engines of war.
Ingenious
Of a person: Displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
This fellow is ingenious; he fixed a problem I didn’t even know I had.
Engine
An agent, instrument, or means of accomplishment.
Ingenious
Of a thing: characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.
That is an ingenious model of the atom.
Engine
A locomotive.
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Ingenious
Showing originality or sagacity; witty.
He sent me an ingenious reply to an email.
Engine
A fire engine.
Ingenious
Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.
A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war.
Thou, king, send outFor torturers ingenious.
The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to trouble themselves.
Engine
(Computers) A search engine.
Ingenious
Proceeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.
Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill.
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Engine
To equip with an engine or engines.
Ingenious
Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply.
Engine
A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
Ingenious
Mental; intellectual.
A course of learning and ingenious studies.
Engine
A tool; a utensil or implement.
Ingenious
(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action;
An imaginative use of material
The invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman
An ingenious device
Had an inventive turn of mind
Inventive ceramics
Engine
A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
Ingenious
Skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends;
Cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician
Came up with a clever story
An ingenious press agent
An ingenious scheme
Engine
A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
Ingenious
Showing inventiveness and skill;
A clever gadget
The cunning maneuvers leading to his success
An ingenious solution to the problem
Engine
The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
Engine
A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.
Engine
(computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
A graphics engine
A physics engine
Engine
(obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
Engine
(obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
Engine
(obsolete) Natural talent; genius.
Engine
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
Engine
To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
Engine
To assault with an engine.
Engine
To contrive; to put into action.
Engine
To rack; to torture.
Engine
Natural capacity; ability; skill.
A man hath sapiences three,Memory, engine, and intellect also.
Engine
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; a machine; an agent.
You see the ways the fisherman doth takeTo catch the fish; what engines doth he make?
Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust.
Engine
Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
Engine
A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.
Engine
To assault with an engine.
To engine and batter our walls.
Engine
To equip with an engine; - said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
Engine
Pronounced, in this sense, .) To rack; to torture.
Engine
Motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
Engine
Something used to achieve a purpose;
An engine of change
Engine
A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
