Genius vs Gifted

Genius [ ˈdʒin yəs ]

A genius is a person who displays exceptional intellectual ability, creative productivity, universality in genres, or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of new discoveries or advances in a domain of knowledge. Geniuses may be polymaths who excel across many diverse subjects or may show high achievements in only a single kind of activity.

• an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc. the genius of Mozart.
• a person having such capacity.
• a person having an extraordinarily high intelligence rating on a psychological test, as an IQ above 140.
• natural ability or capacity; strong inclination a special genius for leadership.
• distinctive character or spirit, as of a nation, period, or language.
• the guardian spirit of a place, institution, etc.
• either of two mutually opposed spirits, one good and the other evil, supposed to attend a person throughout life.
• a person who strongly influences for good or ill the character, conduct, or destiny of a person, place, or thing Rasputin, the evil genius of Russian politics.
• Islamic Mythology.
• jinn; genie.

Gifted [ ˈgɪf tɪd ]

Intellectual giftedness is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average. It is a characteristic of children, variously defined, that motivates differences in school programming. It is thought to persist as a trait into adult life, with various consequences studied in longitudinal studies of giftedness over the last century. There is no generally agreed definition of giftedness for either children or adults, but most school placement decisions and most longitudinal studies over the course of individual lives have followed people with IQs in the top 2.5 percent of the population—that is, IQs above 130. Definitions of giftedness also vary across cultures.

• having great special talent or ability the debut of a gifted artist.
• having exceptionally high intelligence gifted children.
• having or showing natural talent or aptitude

• ability
• accomplishment
• acumen
• aptitude
• brilliance
• flair
• imagination
• ingenuity
• inspiration
• intelligence

• accomplished
• brilliant
• capable
• skilled
• smart
• able
• adroit
• class act
• clever
• expert

• ignorance
• inability
• incapacity
• ineptitude
• ineptness
• stupidity
• weakness
• incompetence
• misunderstanding
• idiocy

• dull
• inept
• stupid
• unable
• unintelligent
• incapable
• untalented

• (1) Genius without educaton is like silver in the mine. 
• (2) Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. 
• (3) Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. 
• (4) Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. 
• (5) Genius often betrays itself into great errors. 
• (6) Rules and modesty destroy genius and art. 
• (7) Genius only means hard-working all one's life . 
• (8) Greatest genius often lies concealed.
• (9) I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 
• (10) Genius is formed in quiet, character in the strenm of life. 

• 1) She was an extremely gifted poet.
• 2) Mary is a gifted but erratic player .
• 3) He's very gifted at maths.
• 4) She was a gifted teacher who never talked down to her students.
• 5) He was gifted with a charming smile.
• 6) Their helpers are gifted with amazing powers of patience.
• 7) They gifted their opponents a goal.
• 8) He was a prodigiously gifted artist.
• 9) He was a uniquely gifted teacher.
• 10) They gifted a goal to their opponents.