Wise vs. Vice — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wise and Vice
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Wise
Having the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; sagacious
A wise leader.
Vice
A vice is a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered immoral, sinful, criminal, rude, taboo, depraved, degrading, deviant or perverted in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhealthy habit.
Wise
Exhibiting common sense; prudent
A wise decision.
Vice
A practice or habit considered to be evil, degrading, or immoral
The vices of smoking and drinking.
Wise
Shrewd; crafty
Made a wise move selling the house when he did.
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Vice
Wicked or depraved conduct or habits; corruption
"sharpers, desperadoes, pirates, and criminals steeped in vice" (Carl Holliday).
Wise
Provided with information; informed. Often used with to
I'm wise to your tricks. We were none the wiser after reading the report.
Vice
Prostitution, the sale of illegal drugs, and certain other forms of usually nonviolent criminal behavior.
Wise
(Slang) Rude and disrespectful; impudent.
Vice
A slight personal failing; a foible
The vice of untidiness.
Wise
Method or manner of doing; way
In no wise.
In any wise.
Vice
A flaw or imperfection; a defect
"Lady Hester remarked on the vice in his looks" (Edna O'Brien).
Wise
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.
They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
"It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish" - Aeschylus
Vice
Vice A character representing generalized or particular vice in English morality plays.
Wise
Disrespectful.
Don't get wise with me!
Vice
A jester or buffoon.
Wise
(colloquial) Aware, informed.
Be careful: the boss is wise to your plan to call out sick.
Vice
Variant of vise.
Wise
To become wise.
Vice
In place of; replacing
Ms. Fine acted as treasurer, vice Mr. Smith.
Wise
Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
Mo wised him up about his situation.
After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
Vice
A bad habit.
Pride is a vice, not a virtue.
Smoking was a vice Sally picked up in high school.
Wise
(dialectal) To instruct.
Vice
(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
Wise
(dialectal) To advise; induce.
Vice
Clip of vice squad
Wise
(dialectal) To show the way, guide.
Vice
A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
Wise
(dialectal) To direct the course of, pilot.
Vice
(UK) vise
Wise
(dialectal) To cause to turn.
Vice
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
Wise
(archaic) Way, manner, or method.
Vice
(architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.
Wise
Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Vice
(obsolete) A grip or grasp.
Wise
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.
When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks.
From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation.
Vice
One who acts in place of a superior.
Wise
Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now with me; but she's gone.Sim. Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of Brentford?
Vice
Alternative spelling of vise
Wise
Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
Nor, on the other side,Will I be penuriously wiseAs to make money, that's my slave, my idol.
Lords do not care for me:I am too wise to die yet.
Vice
In place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
Vice president
Vice admiral
Wise
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.
A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one;He's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth.
You are too wise in years, too full of counsel,For my green experience.
Vice
(dated) instead of, in place of, versus (sense 2)
Wise
Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.
To love her in my beste wyse.
This song she sings in most commanding wise.
Let not these blessings then, sent from above,Abused be, or spilt in profane wise.
Vice
A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.
Withouten vice of syllable or letter.
Mark the vice of the procedure.
Wise
A way of doing or being;
In no wise
In this wise
Vice
A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance.
I do confess the vices of my blood.
Ungoverned appetite . . . a brutish vice.
When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,The post of honor is a private station.
Wise
United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Vice
The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; - called also Iniquity.
How like you the Vice in the play? . . . I would not give a rush for a Vice that has not a wooden dagger to snap at everybody.
Wise
United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
Vice
A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise.
Wise
Having or prompted by wisdom or discernment;
A wise leader
A wise and perceptive comment
Vice
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
Wise
Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters;
Judicious use of one's money
A sensible manager
A wise decision
Vice
A gripe or grasp.
Wise
Evidencing the possession of inside information
Vice
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh.
Wise
Able to take a broad view of negotiations between states
Vice
In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
Wise
Carefully considered;
A considered opinion
Vice
Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
Vice
Moral weakness
Vice
A specific form of evildoing;
Vice offends the moral standards of the community
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