Hurt vs. Smart — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hurt and Smart
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Hurt
Cause pain or injury to
Does acupuncture hurt?
Ow! You're hurting me!
Smart
(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed
You look very smart
Hurt
Be detrimental to
High interest rates are hurting the local economy
Smart
Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence
If he was that smart he would never have been tricked
Hurt
Have a pressing need for
Frank wasn't hurting for money
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Smart
Quick; brisk
He set off at a smart pace
Hurt
Physically injured
Dogs and cats with hurt paws
He complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight
Smart
(of part of the body) feel a sharp stinging pain
Her legs were scratched and smarting
Hurt
Physical injury; harm
Rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt
Smart
Sharp stinging pain
The smart of the recent cuts
Hurt
To cause physical damage or pain to (an individual or a body part); injure
The fall hurt his back.
Smart
Intelligence; acumen
I don't think I have the smarts for it
Hurt
To experience injury or pain to or in (an individual or a body part)
I hurt my knee skiing.
Smart
Having or showing intelligence; bright.
Hurt
To cause mental or emotional suffering to; distress
The remark hurt his feelings.
Smart
Canny and shrewd in dealings with others
A smart negotiator.
Hurt
To cause physical damage to (something); harm
The frost hurt the orange crop.
Smart
Amusingly clever; witty
A smart quip.
A lively, smart conversation.
Hurt
To be detrimental to; hinder or impair
The scandal hurt the candidate's chances for victory.
Smart
Impertinent; insolent
That's enough of your smart talk.
Hurt
To have or produce a feeling of physical pain or discomfort
My leg hurts.
Smart
Energetic or quick in movement
A smart pace.
Hurt
To cause distress or damage
Parental neglect hurts.
Smart
Fashionable; elegant
A smart suit.
A smart restaurant.
The smart set.
Hurt
To have an adverse effect
“It never hurt to have a friend at court” (Tom Clancy).
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.
Hurt
(Informal) To experience distress, especially of a financial kind; be in need
“Even in a business that's hurting there's always a guy who can make a buck” (New York).
Smart
To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain
The slap delivered to my face smarted.
Hurt
Something that hurts; a pain, injury, or wound.
Smart
To be the location of such a pain
The incision on my leg smarts.
Hurt
Mental suffering; anguish
Getting over the hurt of reading the letter.
Smart
To feel such a pain.
Hurt
A wrong; harm
What hurt have you done to them?.
Smart
To suffer acutely, as from mental distress, wounded feelings, or remorse
"No creature smarts so little as a fool" (Alexander Pope).
Hurt
To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
If anybody hurts my little brother, I will get upset.
This injection might hurt a little.
Smart
Sharp pain or anguish
The smart of the wound.
Hurt
To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
He was deeply hurt he hadn’t been invited.
The insult hurt.
Smart
Smarts(Slang) Intelligence; expertise
A reporter with a lot of smarts.
Hurt
To be painful.
Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better.
Smart
(intransitive) To hurt or sting.
After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"
Hurt
To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede.
This latest gaffe hurts the legislator’s reelection prospects still further.
Copying and pasting identical portions of source code hurts maintainability, because the programmer has to keep all those copies synchronized.
Every little hurts.
Smart
(transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
Hurt
Wounded, physically injured.
Smart
(intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
Hurt
Pained.
Smart
Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
Hurt
An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
How to overcome old hurts of the past
Smart
(informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
Hurt
(archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
Smart
Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
Smart car
Hurt
(archaic) Injury; damage; detriment; harm
Smart
Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
A smart outfit
You look smart in that business suit.
Hurt
(engineering) A band on a trip hammer's helve, bearing the trunnions.
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!
Hurt
A husk.
Smart
Sudden and intense.
Hurt
(heraldry) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
Smart
Causing sharp pain; stinging.
Hurt
A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
Smart
Sharp; keen; poignant.
A smart pain
Hurt
To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.
The hurt lion groans within his den.
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.
Hurt
To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm.
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt.
Smart
(archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
Hurt
To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve.
Smart
(archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
A smart gown
Hurt
Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Smart
(archaic) Brisk; fresh.
A smart breeze
Hurt
Psychological suffering;
The death of his wife caused him great distress
Smart
A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
Hurt
Feelings of mental or physical pain
Smart
Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
Hurt
A damage or loss
Smart
Smart-money.
Hurt
The act of damaging something or someone
Smart
A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
Hurt
Be the source of pain
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.
Hurt
Give trouble or pain to;
This exercise will hurt your back
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.
Hurt
Cause emotional anguish or make miserable;
It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school
Smart
To cause a smart in.
Hurt
Cause damage or affect negatively;
Our business was hurt by the new competition
Smart
Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.
Hurt
Hurt the feelings of;
She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
This remark really bruised me ego
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.
Hurt
Feel physical pain;
Were you hurting after the accident?
Smart
A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.
Hurt
Feel pain or be in pain
Smart
Smart money (see below).
Hurt
Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle;
Nursing his wounded arm
Ambulances...for the hurt men and women
Smart
Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.
How smart lash that speech doth give my conscience.
Hurt
Used of inanimate objects or their value
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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