boffin vs ganglion

boffin

noun
  • An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research. 

  • A person with specialized knowledge or skills, especially one who is socially awkward; (in a weaker sense) an intellectual; a smart person. 

ganglion

noun
  • A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc. 

  • An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber. 

  • Any of certain masses of gray matter in the central nervous system, as the basal ganglia. 

  • A benign cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule. 

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