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Oh, dude, okay, so like, a renaissance man is basically a dude from the Renaissance period who's super into art, science, literature, and all that jazz. A polymath, on the other hand, is just a modern-day fancy term for someone who's really good at a bunch of different stuff. So, like, I guess you could say a renaissance man is a historical polymath, or a polymath is a contemporary renaissance man. It's all just like, semantics, man.

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Ah, what a lovely question! A renaissance man is someone who is well-rounded and skilled in many areas, much like a beautiful landscape painting with a variety of elements. On the other hand, a polymath is someone with deep expertise in multiple fields, like a majestic tree with many branches reaching out to explore different knowledge areas. Both are wonderful in their own unique way, just like how every color on our palette adds something special to a painting.

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A renaissance man is notable in severeal fields and is avant-garde in many of those fields;whereas a polymath is proficient in several fields and avant-garde in very few or none of them.

An avant-garde person in most/all their fields isn't considered a polymath.

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