Retarded vs. Smart — What's the Difference?

Often Offensive Affected with intellectual disability.

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

Occurring or developing later than desired or expected; delayed.

Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence

Offensive Slang Socially inappropriate or foolish.

Quick; brisk

Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded.

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

Having mental retardation; mentally deficient or underdeveloped.

Sharp stinging pain

Specifically, having an IQ below 70.

Intelligence; acumen

Extremely stupid.

Having or showing intelligence; bright.

(physics) Designating a parameter of an electromagnetic field which is adjusted to account for the finite speed of radiation.

Canny and shrewd in dealings with others

Simple past tense and past participle of retard

Amusingly clever; witty

Having a limited or below normal mental ability; same as mentally retarded; - used especially in relation to performance in academic tasks.

Impertinent; insolent

Relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development;

Energetic or quick in movement

Fashionable; elegant

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

To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain

To be the location of such a pain

To feel such a pain.

To suffer acutely, as from mental distress, wounded feelings, or remorse

Sharp pain or anguish

Smarts(Slang) Intelligence; expertise

(intransitive) To hurt or sting.

(transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.

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

Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.

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

Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).

Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.

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

Sudden and intense.

Causing sharp pain; stinging.

Sharp; keen; poignant.

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

(archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.

(archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.

(archaic) Brisk; fresh.

A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.

Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.

Smart-money.

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

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.

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.

To cause a smart in.

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

Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction.

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

Smart money (see below).

Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.

Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.

Vigorous; sharp; severe.

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

Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.

Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.

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

Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.

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

Be the source of pain

Showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

Elegant and stylish;

Characterized by quickness and ease in learning;

Improperly forward or bold;

Marked by smartness in dress and manners;