Head
Head noun - The part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons.
Usage example: challenged us to put our heads together and find a solution to the skyrocketing costs of the company's health insurance plans
Insight and head are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Insight" instead a noun "Head".
Insight
Insight noun - The ability to understand inner qualities or relationships.
Nearby Words: insightful, insider
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Instead of dying, he was shot in the side of the head—costing him an eye, but, as he notes, granting him new insight and maturity concerning the nature of politics and people.
Source: Eyepatch of Power -
He'll quite frequently say something pointed with just enough truth or insight only twisted in order to get into people's head by making them think about things they don't want to believe to be true.
Source: Series / Suits - Fisher King The Fool: Puck plays the jester for Oberon, but the real Fool in this play is Bottom, whose accidental witticisms occasionally contain great insight (which goes right over his head).
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