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Intelligent vs Alert - What's the difference?

intelligent | alert |

As adjectives the difference between intelligent and alert

is that intelligent is of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright while alert is attentive; awake; on guard.

As a noun alert is

an alarm.

As a verb alert is

to give warning to.

intelligent

English

Alternative forms

* entelligent

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
    • , chapter=5, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”}}
  • Well thought-out, well considered.
  • Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
  • Having the same level of brain power as mankind.
  • Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * stupid

    alert

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attentive; awake; on guard.
  • (obsolete) Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
  • * Addison
    • an alert young fellow

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alarm.
  • A notification of higher importance than an advisory.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give warning to.

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