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Perspicacious vs. Perspicuous
Perspicacious
/ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs◂/Examples:
Her perspicacious nature allowed her to foresee the market shift.The detective's perspicacious observations solved the mystery.He's so perspicacious that he noticed the error immediately.
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Perspicuous
/pəˈspɪkjʊəs/Examples:
Her explanation was so perspicuous that everyone understood.The instructions were laid out in a perspicuous manner.He has a remarkably perspicuous style of writing.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Perspicacious means having a keen insight into things. Remember, ci in perspicacious connects with insight.
- Perspicuous means clear and easy to understand. The u in perspicuous can stand for understand.
- Perspicacious is for perceiving things clearly, while perspicuous is for expressing things clearly.
- Think of perspicacious as being acutely perceptive, while perspicuous is about lucidity of expression.
- Keep in mind perspicacity for intelligence and perspicuity for clarity to distinguish between them.
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