What's the difference between prudence and sagacity?

Prudence


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The arches can be restored with atraumatic fixed prostheses but prudence is required.
  • (2) With every year and every budget its continued use was an annual testament to dependability, continuity and fiscal prudence.
  • (3) The unexpected presence of this previously unknown ADH variant in livers of M. nemestrina demonstrates the need for prudence in assignment of ADH isozymes.
  • (4) Although studies to date have failed to show conclusively that nurses and pharmacists are at risk to the carcinogenic, genotoxic and reproductive effects of these agents, prudence would dictate that every effort be taken to minimize their exposure during the handling and disposal of antineoplastic drugs.
  • (5) Until these data are available, we must maintain prudence in the selection (design) of premedicant regimens and carefully monitor all children receiving these "cocktails."
  • (6) Rather than get rid of the baby with the bathwater, could we not link morality with prudence and target abusive claims?
  • (7) He has six children: Prudence, from his first marriage, to Patricia; three by his second wife, Anna, who he divorced in 1999; and two young children with his current wife, Wendi.
  • (8) With care and prudence, many of these lesions can be successfully excised, or at least managed, so that the effect of these sometimes devastating lesions can be ameliorated.
  • (9) The Glazers must've expected that they were getting a wee, ginger, fledgling Ferguson; David Moyes surely imagined that the great day had come after years of stability and prudence at Goodison Park, frugally guarding the Toffees, he was finally to be given the reigns of the all-conquering devils.
  • (10) When using topical methods, prudence should prevail to avoid ingestion of fluoride.
  • (11) An appeal is made for prudence and not hysteria in relation to the use of mineral fibres of all types.
  • (12) And with the return of big-spending policies to combat the downturn, we have the tearing-up of the early Brown emphasis on prudence.
  • (13) We suggest that, though some prudence and caution is advised, this appears to be a safe and feasible adjunct in the treatment of cholelithiasis.
  • (14) The problem is very common, and it is hoped that with continued clinical prudence we can advance and improve our treatment modalities, particularly in those areas in which we fall so short!
  • (15) These findings draw attention to the cardiovascular side effects of interferon-alpha and advise prudence in high-risk patients.
  • (16) Odey, a veteran City agitator who has picked fights ranging from opposition to Railtrack's nationalisation to "shorting" the shares of struggling banks, was once married to Murdoch's oldest daughter, Prudence.
  • (17) "That is going to take some time, some care, and some prudence."
  • (18) Up the date any response is noted but the authors think that some prudence is necessary in the evaluation of the results especially because of the incomplete removal of disc in young patients.
  • (19) For this reason the authors recommend prudence and avoidance of very strong treatment.
  • (20) Appalling way to run an economy no wonder many top EU countries laugh at our so called economic "prudence".

Sagacity


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 1990, aged 42, I wrote an article for the New Statesman on the fortysomethings – the 60s generation, baby boomers, learning how to deal with the sag without yet acquiring sufficient sagacity to fight off the message that the secret to surviving a midlife crisis was holding back time with hormone replacement therapy.
  • (2) A youth-obsessed society that makes a mint from mining the alleged horrors of growing older – all sag and no sagacity – has locked us into a set of taboos that means millions of us are moving from middle age into possibly decades of allegedly unproductive, dependent, parked-up old age without sufficient armament or attitude of mind to challenge prevailing prejudices.
  • (3) At times, there were suspicions that the mask was all there was to Mandela; that had his grasp of the situation been quite limited, it would have made no difference to his reputation for sagacity, such was the mystique surrounding him.
  • (4) The Author has collaborate with the Anthos advised some sagacity and modifications, especially at the waterworks, for render "surgical" a regular odontological compact instrument.
  • (5) A cure for the ailing church “would require a much deeper ecclesial comprehension than the present leadership currently exhibit … There seems to be no sagacity, serious science or spiritual substance to the curatives being offered.” Rather, he says, the church “is being slowly kettled into becoming a suburban sect, corralling its congregations, controlling its clergy and centralising its communication.
  • (6) The sagacity of performing surgery for hip dislocations is raised.
  • (7) If seeming to lack dynamism, in conversation he conveyed an impression of calm sagacity and was widely respected in Sierra Leone.
  • (8) Questions are raised as to the strength of the evidence, the sagacity of abandoning the hypothesis, or the probability of this sample size detecting differences.
  • (9) Because of their sagacity, dwarves and jesters were not only allowed but expected to goad and pastiche the noble or the monarch they served, forever reminding their masters of the empty vanity of power.