athlete vs genius

athlete

noun
  • A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson. 

  • An exceptionally physically fit person. 

  • A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking. 

  • She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor. 

genius

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

  • Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process. 

  • Extraordinary mental capacity. 

  • The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person. 

adj
  • Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original. 

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