different between acumen vs profundity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ac?men (“sharp point”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ækj?m?n/, /??kju?m?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??kjum?n/, /?ækj?m?n/
• (US, rare) IPA^(key): /æ?kjum?n/, /?ækj??m?n/

Noun

acumen (usually uncountable, plural acumens)

1. Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

   Synonyms: sharpness, penetration, keenness, shrewdness, acuteness, acuity, wit, foxiness, intelligence, canniness
2. (botany) A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.
3. (anatomy) A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.

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Further reading

• acumen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From acu? (“make sharp or pointed, sharpen”) +? -men (noun-forming suffix), from acus (“a needle, a pin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?ku?.men/, [ä?ku?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?ku.men/, [??ku?m?n]

Noun

ac?men n (genitive ac?minis); third declension

1. a sharpened point

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• ac?min?rius
• ac?min?

Related terms

Descendants

• Galician: gume
• Portuguese: gume

• ? English: acumen
• ? Italian: acume
• ? Portuguese: acume, acúmen
• ? Spanish: acumen

References

• acumen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acumen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• acumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[7], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Etymology

prof(o)und +? -ity, from Old French profundite, from Latin profundit?s. Compare profoundness.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pr?f?n?d?t?, IPA^(key): /p???f?nd?ti/
• Hyphenation: pro?fun?di?ty
• Rhymes: -?ti

Noun

profundity (countable and uncountable, plural profundities)

1. The state of being profound or abstruse.
2. A great depth.
3. Deep intellect or insight.

Synonyms

• profoundness

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