Intuition differs from the intellect. Intellect is critical, linear, and can make things appear simple or complex.
The right brain is popularly associated with intuition, innovation and creativity. In most people the left brain takes control, choosing logic, reasoning and details over imagination and holistic thinking.
Intuition can be described as an emotion but it is simulated by our innate knowingness. Emotions are often forceful and wanting something and we can often identify the feeling attached to the emotion. True intuitions would never put us down or support destructive attitudes and behaviours.
Intuitive thoughts and feelings are not forceful and wanting but convey information neutrally, unemotionally, with a quite knowingness. It is the ability to sense or know something without reasoning.