Wize vs. Smart — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wize and Smart
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Definitions
Wize
Obsolete form of wise
Smart
(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed
You look very smart
Smart
Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence
If he was that smart he would never have been tricked
Smart
Quick; brisk
He set off at a smart pace
Smart
(of part of the body) feel a sharp stinging pain
Her legs were scratched and smarting
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Smart
Sharp stinging pain
The smart of the recent cuts
Smart
Intelligence; acumen
I don't think I have the smarts for it
Smart
Having or showing intelligence; bright.
Smart
Canny and shrewd in dealings with others
A smart negotiator.
Smart
Amusingly clever; witty
A smart quip.
A lively, smart conversation.
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Smart
Impertinent; insolent
That's enough of your smart talk.
Smart
Energetic or quick in movement
A smart pace.
Smart
Fashionable; elegant
A smart suit.
A smart restaurant.
The smart set.
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.
Smart
To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain
The slap delivered to my face smarted.
Smart
To be the location of such a pain
The incision on my leg smarts.
Smart
To feel such a pain.
Smart
To suffer acutely, as from mental distress, wounded feelings, or remorse
"No creature smarts so little as a fool" (Alexander Pope).
Smart
Sharp pain or anguish
The smart of the wound.
Smart
Smarts(Slang) Intelligence; expertise
A reporter with a lot of smarts.
Smart
(intransitive) To hurt or sting.
After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"
Smart
(transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
Smart
(intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
Smart
Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
Smart
(informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
Smart
Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
Smart car
Smart
Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
A smart outfit
You look smart in that business suit.
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!
Smart
Sudden and intense.
Smart
Causing sharp pain; stinging.
Smart
Sharp; keen; poignant.
A smart pain
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.
Smart
(archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
Smart
(archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
A smart gown
Smart
(archaic) Brisk; fresh.
A smart breeze
Smart
A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
Smart
Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
Smart
Smart-money.
Smart
A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
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.
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.
Smart
To cause a smart in.
Smart
Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.
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.
Smart
A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.
Smart
Smart money (see below).
Smart
Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.
How smart lash that speech doth give my conscience.
Smart
Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.
Smart
Vigorous; sharp; severe.
Smart
Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.
Smart
Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
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.
Smart
Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.
Smart
Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.
Smart
A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
Smart
Be the source of pain
Smart
Showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
Smart
Elegant and stylish;
Chic elegance
A smart new dress
A suit of voguish cut
Smart
Characterized by quickness and ease in learning;
Some children are brighter in one subject than another
Smart children talk earlier than the average
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
Smart
Marked by smartness in dress and manners;
A dapper young man
A jaunty red hat
