What's the difference between perspicacity and perspicuous?

Perspicacity


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Since focused attention is a requisite for accurate photograph recognition, these data suggest that fathers view their newborns with perspicacity comparable to that of mothers.
  • (2) Such an inquiry requires the perspicacity of a skilled and disciplined observer.

Perspicuous


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not opaque.
  • (a.) Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly understood; clear in thought or in expression; not obscure or ambiguous; as, a perspicuous writer; perspicuous statements.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This perspicuous and flexible apparatus is designed for induction as well as maintenance of anaesthesia with or without artificial ventilation.
  • (2) For reasons of perspicuity the items used in the various techniques were grouped in 10 different sections.
  • (3) This vivid model has the advantages of simplicity, perspicuity, and availability at any time, although two persons are necessary.
  • (4) To make the discussion perspicuous it is helpful to assume that the time evolution of the chemical system proceeds by a univariate, bistable one-step process of birth-and-death type.