Smart vs. Wise

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  • Smart (verb)

    To hurt or sting.

    “After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed “Ouch, my arm smarts!””

  • Smart (verb)

    To cause a smart or sting in.

  • Smart (verb)

    To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.

  • Smart (adjective)

    Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.

  • Smart (adjective)

    Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.

  • Smart (adjective)

    Equipped with digital/computer technology.

    “smart bomb, smart car”

    “smartcard, smartphone”

  • Smart (adjective)

    Good-looking.

    “a smart outfit”

  • Smart (adjective)

    Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.

    “He became tired of his daughter’s sarcasm and smart remarks.”

    “Don’t get smart with me!”

  • Smart (adjective)

    Sudden and intense.

  • Smart (adjective)

    Causing sharp pain; stinging.

  • Smart (adjective)

    Sharp; keen; poignant.

    “a smart pain”

  • Smart (adjective)

    Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.

    “He raised his voice, and it hurt her feelings right smart.”

    “That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart.”

  • Smart (adjective)

    Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.

  • Smart (adjective)

    Pretentious; showy; spruce.

    “a smart gown”

  • Smart (adjective)

    Brisk; fresh.

    “a smart breeze”

  • Smart (noun)

    A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.

  • Smart (noun)

    Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.

  • Smart (noun)

    Smart-money.

  • Smart (noun)

    A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.

  • Wise (adjective)

    Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

    “Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.”

    “They were considered the wise old men of the administration.”

    “”It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish” – Aeschylus”

  • Wise (adjective)

    Disrespectful.

    “Don’t get wise with me!”

  • Wise (adjective)

    Aware, informed.

    “Be careful, the boss is wise.”

  • Wise (verb)

    To become wise.

  • Wise (verb)

    Usually with “up”, to inform or learn.

    “Mo wised him up about his situation.”

    “”After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.”

  • Wise (verb)

    to instruct

  • Wise (verb)

    to advise; induce

  • Wise (verb)

    to show the way, guide

  • Wise (verb)

    to direct the course of, pilot

  • Wise (verb)

    to cause to turn

  • Wise (noun)

    Way, manner, method.

Wiktionary
  • Smart (adjective)

    (of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed

    “you look very smart”

  • Smart (adjective)

    (of clothes) attractively neat and stylish

    “a smart blue skirt”

  • Smart (adjective)

    (of an object) bright and fresh in appearance

    “a smart green van”

  • Smart (adjective)

    (of a place) fashionable and upmarket

    “a smart restaurant”

  • Smart (adjective)

    having or showing a quick-witted intelligence

    “if he was that smart he would never have been tricked”

  • Smart (adjective)

    (of a device) programmed so as to be capable of some independent action

    “hi-tech smart weapons”

  • Smart (adjective)

    showing impertinence by making clever or sarcastic remarks

    “don’t get smart or I’ll whack you one”

  • Smart (adjective)

    quick; brisk

    “he set off at a smart pace”

  • Smart (verb)

    (of part of the body) feel a sharp stinging pain

    “her legs were scratched and smarting”

  • Smart (verb)

    feel upset and annoyed

    “defence chiefs are still smarting from the government’s cuts”

  • Smart (noun)

    sharp stinging pain

    “the smart of the recent cuts”

  • Smart (noun)

    mental pain or suffering

    “sorrow is the effect of smart, and smart the effect of faith”

  • Smart (noun)

    intelligence; acumen

    “I don’t think I have the smarts for it”

Oxford Dictionary

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