Pundits and observers dispute the relationship of the terms “nerd” and
“geek” to one another. Some view the geek as a less technically skilled nerd.
Some factions maintain that “nerds” have both technical skills and social
competence, whereas “geeks” display technical skills while socially incompetent.
Another view is that “geeks” lack both social competency and technical skills.
Arguably, a “nerd” is a more self-controlled sort of person, while a “geek” can
be something of a loose cannon—or at least more awkward in an obstructive way
than a “nerd".
The word "nerd" refers to a person of
"above-average intelligence" whose interests (often in science and mathematics)
are not shared by mainstream society. By contrast, a "geek" is essentially a
person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas
of knowledge and imagination.
Thus a "nerd" is primarily marked as
having a high intelligence and is not necessarily more fascinated with one
subject any more so than another. A "geek", however, is obsessively fascinated
with particular subjects, but is not necessarily attributed an above average
intelligence. Thus a "geek" has the compulsion and drive to learn vast
quantities of knowledge about a particular field such as computers, or Star Trek
trivia, without high intelligence being assumed. ” -Wikipedia
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