Smart vs. Sneaky — What's the Difference?

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

Furtive; surreptitious.

Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence

Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries

Quick; brisk

Dishonest; deceitful.

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

Any device used for covert surveillance.

Sharp stinging pain

Like a sneak; sneaking.

Intelligence; acumen

Marked by deception;

Having or showing intelligence; bright.

Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed;

Canny and shrewd in dealings with others

Amusingly clever; witty

Impertinent; insolent

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;