genius vs nit

genius

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

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

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

  • Extraordinary mental capacity. 

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

nit

noun
  • A nitpicker. 

  • A candela per square metre. 

  • A head louse regardless of its age. 

  • The egg of a louse. 

  • A young louse. 

  • A fool, a nitwit. 

  • Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”) 

  • A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style. 

  • A minor shortcoming. 

verb
  • To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty. 

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