Simple vs. Smart — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Simple and Smart
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Simple
Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty
A simple solution
Camcorders are now so simple to operate
Smart
(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed
You look very smart
Simple
Plain, basic, or uncomplicated in form, nature, or design; without much decoration or ornamentation
The house is furnished in a simple country style
A simple white blouse
Smart
Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence
If he was that smart he would never have been tricked
Simple
Composed of a single element; not compound.
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Smart
Quick; brisk
He set off at a smart pace
Simple
Of very low intelligence.
Smart
(of part of the body) feel a sharp stinging pain
Her legs were scratched and smarting
Simple
A medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one
The gatherers of simples
Smart
Sharp stinging pain
The smart of the recent cuts
Simple
Used to convey that something is very straightforward
I don't overanalyse. I listen, I like, I buy. Simple!
Smart
Intelligence; acumen
I don't think I have the smarts for it
Simple
Having few parts or features; not complicated or elaborate
A house with a simple floor plan.
Smart
Having or showing intelligence; bright.
Simple
Easy to understand, do, or carry out
A simple set of instructions.
A simple chore.
Smart
Canny and shrewd in dealings with others
A smart negotiator.
Simple
Having or composed of only one thing, element, or part
A simple chemical substance.
Smart
Amusingly clever; witty
A smart quip.
A lively, smart conversation.
Simple
Being without additions or modifications; mere
A simple "yes" or "no.".
Smart
Impertinent; insolent
That's enough of your smart talk.
Simple
(Biology) Having no divisions or branches; not compound
A simple leaf.
A simple eye or lens.
Smart
Energetic or quick in movement
A smart pace.
Simple
(Music) Being without figuration or elaboration
A simple tone.
Smart
Fashionable; elegant
A smart suit.
A smart restaurant.
The smart set.
Simple
Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned
A simple dress.
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.
Simple
Not characterized by luxury or elaborate commitments
Simple living.
Smart
To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain
The slap delivered to my face smarted.
Simple
Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere
A simple child.
Told us about his achievement in the simplest manner.
Smart
To be the location of such a pain
The incision on my leg smarts.
Simple
Having or showing little intelligence, education, or experience
Simple people who have trouble understanding health regulations.
Smart
To feel such a pain.
Simple
Lowly in condition or rank
A simple woodcutter.
Smart
To suffer acutely, as from mental distress, wounded feelings, or remorse
"No creature smarts so little as a fool" (Alexander Pope).
Simple
A medicinal plant or the medicine obtained from it.
Smart
Sharp pain or anguish
The smart of the wound.
Simple
Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
Smart
Smarts(Slang) Intelligence; expertise
A reporter with a lot of smarts.
Simple
Without ornamentation; plain.
Smart
(intransitive) To hurt or sting.
After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"
Simple
Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
Smart
(transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
Simple
Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
Smart
(intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
Simple
Trivial; insignificant.
Smart
Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
Simple
Feeble-minded; foolish.
Smart
(informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
Simple
Structurally uncomplicated.
Smart
Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
Smart car
Simple
Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
Smart
Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
A smart outfit
You look smart in that business suit.
Simple
(mathematics) Of a group: having no normal subgroup.
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!
Simple
(botany) Not compound, but possibly lobed.
Smart
Sudden and intense.
Simple
Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
Smart
Causing sharp pain; stinging.
Simple
(zoology) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound.
A simple ascidian
Smart
Sharp; keen; poignant.
A smart pain
Simple
(mineralogy) Homogenous.
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.
Simple
(obsolete) Mere; not other than; being only.
Smart
(archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
Simple
(pharmaceutical drug) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
Smart
(archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
A smart gown
Simple
A physician.
Smart
(archaic) Brisk; fresh.
A smart breeze
Simple
(logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
Smart
A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
Simple
(obsolete) Something not mixed or compounded.
Smart
Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
Simple
(weaving) A drawloom.
Smart
Smart-money.
Simple
(weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
Smart
A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
Simple
(Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
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.
Simple
To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.
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.
Simple
Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.
Smart
To cause a smart in.
Simple
Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
Smart
Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.
Simple
Mere; not other than; being only.
A medicine . . . whose simple touchIs powerful to araise King Pepin.
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.
Simple
Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them.
Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue?
To be simple is to be great.
Smart
A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.
Simple
Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
In simple manners all the secret lies.
Smart
Smart money (see below).
Simple
Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
Smart
Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.
How smart lash that speech doth give my conscience.
Simple
Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.
The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Smart
Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.
Simple
Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights.
Smart
Vigorous; sharp; severe.
Simple
Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
A simple husbandman in garments gray.
Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire.
Smart
Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.
Simple
Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
Smart
Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
Simple
Homogenous.
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.
Simple
Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; - opposed to compound.
I am a simple woman, much too weakTo oppose your cunning.
He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion.
Smart
Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.
Simple
Something not mixed or compounded.
Smart
Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.
Simple
A medicinal plant; - so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked simple itself as it comes over from the Indies.
Smart
A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
Simple
A drawloom.
Smart
Be the source of pain
Simple
A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
Smart
Showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
Simple
To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed.
Smart
Elegant and stylish;
Chic elegance
A smart new dress
A suit of voguish cut
Simple
Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
Smart
Characterized by quickness and ease in learning;
Some children are brighter in one subject than another
Smart children talk earlier than the average
Simple
A person lacking intelligence or common sense
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
Simple
Having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved;
A simple problem
Simple mechanisms
A simple design
A simple substance
Smart
Marked by smartness in dress and manners;
A dapper young man
A jaunty red hat
Simple
Easy and not involved or complicated;
An elementary problem in statistics
Elementary, my dear Watson
A simple game
Found an uncomplicated solution to the problem
Simple
Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications;
Only the bare facts
Shocked by the mere idea
The simple passage of time was enough
The simple truth
Simple
Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity;
Childlike trust
Dewy-eyed innocence
Simple courtesy
Simple
Lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety
Simple
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
Simple
Not elaborate in style; unornamented;
A simple country schoolhouse
Her black dress--simple to austerity
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