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Hurt vs. Smart — What's the Difference?

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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