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Chic vs. Smart — What's the Difference?

Chic vs. Smart — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Chic and Smart

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Chic

Chic (; French: [ʃik]), meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion. It was originally a French word.

Smart

(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed
You look very smart

Chic

Elegantly and stylishly fashionable
She looked every inch the chic Frenchwoman

Smart

Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence
If he was that smart he would never have been tricked

Chic

Stylishness and elegance, typically of a specified kind
The hotel's lobby and restaurant are the height of designer chic
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Smart

Quick; brisk
He set off at a smart pace

Chic

Conforming to the current fashion; stylish
Chic clothes.
A chic boutique.

Smart

(of part of the body) feel a sharp stinging pain
Her legs were scratched and smarting

Chic

Adopting or setting current fashions and styles; sophisticated
Chic, well-dressed young executives.

Smart

Sharp stinging pain
The smart of the recent cuts

Chic

The quality or state of being stylish; fashionableness.

Smart

Intelligence; acumen
I don't think I have the smarts for it

Chic

Sophistication in dress and manner; elegance.

Smart

Having or showing intelligence; bright.

Chic

Elegant, stylish.

Smart

Canny and shrewd in dealings with others
A smart negotiator.

Chic

Good form; style.

Smart

Amusingly clever; witty
A smart quip.
A lively, smart conversation.

Chic

(countable) A person with (a particular type of) chic.

Smart

Impertinent; insolent
That's enough of your smart talk.

Chic

A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.

Smart

Energetic or quick in movement
A smart pace.

Chic

Original and in good taste or form; stylish; in current fashion, fashionable.

Smart

Fashionable; elegant
A smart suit.
A smart restaurant.
The smart set.

Chic

Elegance by virtue of being fashionable

Smart

Capable of making adjustments that resemble those resulting from human decisions, chiefly by means of electronic sensors and computer technology
Smart missiles.
Smart machines.

Chic

Elegant and stylish;
Chic elegance
A smart new dress
A suit of voguish cut

Smart

To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain
The slap delivered to my face smarted.

Smart

To be the location of such a pain
The incision on my leg smarts.

Smart

To feel such a pain.

Smart

To suffer acutely, as from mental distress, wounded feelings, or remorse
"No creature smarts so little as a fool" (Alexander Pope).

Smart

Sharp pain or anguish
The smart of the wound.

Smart

Smarts(Slang) Intelligence; expertise
A reporter with a lot of smarts.

Smart

(intransitive) To hurt or sting.
After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"

Smart

(transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.

Smart

(intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

Smart

Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.

Smart

(informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.

Smart

Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
Smart car

Smart

Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
A smart outfit
You look smart in that business suit.

Smart

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

Sudden and intense.

Smart

Causing sharp pain; stinging.

Smart

Sharp; keen; poignant.
A smart pain

Smart

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

(archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.

Smart

(archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
A smart gown

Smart

(archaic) Brisk; fresh.
A smart breeze

Smart

A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.

Smart

Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.

Smart

Smart-money.

Smart

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

Smart

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; - said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

Smart

To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil; as, the team is still smarting from its loss of the championship.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

Smart

To cause a smart in.

Smart

Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.

Smart

Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction.
To stand 'twixt us and our deserved smart.
Counsel mitigates the greatest smart.

Smart

A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.

Smart

Smart money (see below).

Smart

Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.
How smart lash that speech doth give my conscience.

Smart

Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.

Smart

Vigorous; sharp; severe.

Smart

Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.

Smart

Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.

Smart

Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.
Who, for the poor renown of being smartWould leave a sting within a brother's heart?
A sentence or two, . . . which I thought very smart.

Smart

Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.

Smart

Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.

Smart

A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

Smart

Be the source of pain

Smart

Showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

Smart

Elegant and stylish;
Chic elegance
A smart new dress
A suit of voguish cut

Smart

Characterized by quickness and ease in learning;
Some children are brighter in one subject than another
Smart children talk earlier than the average

Smart

Improperly forward or bold;
Don't be fresh with me
Impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
An impudent boy given to insulting strangers

Smart

Marked by smartness in dress and manners;
A dapper young man
A jaunty red hat

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