Intelligence vs. Cunning

Intelligence vs. Cunning — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Intelligence and Cunning

Intelligencenoun

Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn.

Cunningadjective

Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

Intelligencenoun

(countable) An entity that has such capacities.

Cunningadjective

(obsolete) Skillful, artful.

Intelligencenoun

Information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

Cunningadjective

(obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.

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Intelligencenoun

(countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

Cunningadjective

Cute, appealing.

a cunning little boy''

Intelligencenoun

(dated) Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.

Cunningnoun

Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.

Intelligencenoun

the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

Cunningnoun

Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit.

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Intelligencenoun

a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

Cunningnoun

The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.

Intelligencenoun

secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy);

we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage

Cunningnoun

The natural wit or instincts of an animal.

the cunning of the fox or hare

Intelligencenoun

new information about specific and timely events;

they awaited news of the outcome

Cunningnoun

(obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).

Intelligencenoun

the operation of gathering information about an enemy

Cunningnoun

shrewdness in deception;

as cunning as a fox

Cunningnoun

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Cunningnoun

drafty artfulness (especially in deception)

Cunningadjective

attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;

a cute kid with pigtailsa cute little apartmentcunning kittensa cunning baby

Cunningadjective

marked by skill in deception;

cunning men often pass for wisedeep political machinationsa foxy schemea slick evasive answersly as a foxtricky Dika wily old attorney

Cunningadjective

showing inventiveness and skill;

a clever gadgetthe cunning maneuvers leading to his successan ingenious solution to the problem