Engineer vs. Genius

Engineernoun

A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.

Geniusnoun

(eulogistic) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.

Engineernoun

(Philippines) A title given to an engineer.

Geniusnoun

Extraordinary mental capacity.

Engineernoun

A person who controls motion of substance (such as a locomotive). Rail transportation

Geniusnoun

Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.

‘a work of genius.’;

Engineernoun

(nautical) A person employed in the engine room of a ship.

Geniusnoun

(Roman mythology) The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.

Engineerverb

(transitive) To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.

Geniusadjective

(informal) ingenious, very clever, or original.

‘What a genius idea!’;

Engineerverb

(transitive) To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.

Geniusnoun

A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.

‘The unseen genius of the wood.’; ‘We talk of genius still, but with thought how changed! The genius of Augustus was a tutelary demon, to be sworn by and to receive offerings on an altar as a deity.’;

Engineerverb

(transitive) To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.

Geniusnoun

The peculiar structure of mind with which each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting.

Engineerverb

(transitive) To control motion of substance; to change motion.

Geniusnoun

Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language.

Engineerverb

To work as an engineer.

Geniusnoun

Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius.

‘Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifying power.’;

Engineernoun

A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering; as, a civil engineer; an electronic engineer; a chemical engineer. See under Engineering, n.

Geniusnoun

A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties and creativity; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.

Engineernoun

One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.

Geniusnoun

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality;

‘Mozart was a child genius’; ‘he's smart but he's no Einstein’;

Engineernoun

One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager.

Geniusnoun

unusual mental ability

Engineerverb

To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road.

Geniusnoun

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

Engineerverb

To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.

Geniusnoun

exceptional creative ability

Engineernoun

a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

Geniusnoun

a natural talent;

‘he has a flair for mathematics’; ‘he has a genius for interior decorating’;

Engineernoun

the operator of a railway locomotive

Genius

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.There is no scientifically precise definition of a genius.

Engineerverb

design as an engineer;

‘He engineered the water supply project’;

Engineerverb

plan and direct (a complex undertaking);

‘he masterminded the robbery’;

Engineer

Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost. The word engineer (Latin ingeniator) is derived from the Latin words ingeniare () and ingenium ().

‘to create, generate, contrive, devise’; ‘cleverness’;