Smart vs. Wise — What's the Difference?

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

Having the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; sagacious

Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence

Exhibiting common sense; prudent

Quick; brisk

Shrewd; crafty

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

Provided with information; informed. Often used with to

Sharp stinging pain

(Slang) Rude and disrespectful; impudent.

Intelligence; acumen

Method or manner of doing; way

Having or showing intelligence; bright.

Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

Canny and shrewd in dealings with others

Disrespectful.

Amusingly clever; witty

(colloquial) Aware, informed.

Impertinent; insolent

To become wise.

Energetic or quick in movement

Usually with "up", to inform or learn.

Fashionable; elegant

(dialectal) To instruct.

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

(dialectal) To advise; induce.

To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain

(dialectal) To show the way, guide.

To be the location of such a pain

(dialectal) To direct the course of, pilot.

To feel such a pain.

(dialectal) To cause to turn.

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

(archaic) Way, manner, or method.

Sharp pain or anguish

Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

Smarts(Slang) Intelligence; expertise

Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.

(intransitive) To hurt or sting.

Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.

(transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.

Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.

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

Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.

Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.

Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.

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

A way of doing or being;

Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).

United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)

Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.

United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)

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

Having or prompted by wisdom or discernment;

Sudden and intense.

Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters;

Causing sharp pain; stinging.

Evidencing the possession of inside information

Sharp; keen; poignant.

Able to take a broad view of negotiations between states

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

Carefully considered;

(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;