Simple vs. Smart — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Simple and Smart
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Definitions
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.
Smart➦
Quick; brisk
He set off at a smart pace
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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
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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
