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Savvy vs Expertise - What's the difference?

savvy | expertise |

As verbs the difference between savvy and expertise

is that savvy is (informal) to understand while expertise is .

As an adjective savvy

is (informal) shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.

As an interjection savvy

is (informal) do you understand?.

As a noun savvy

is shrewdness.

savvy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.

    Synonyms

    * canny

    Verb

  • (informal) to understand

    • Interjection

  • (informal) Do you understand?

    • Noun

    (-)
  • Shrewdness

    • expertise

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia expertise) (-)
  • Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby
    • The scientist has expertise in the field of nuclear fusion.
  • * 2014 , Michael White, " Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian , 8 September 2014:
    • He spoke of Scotland's hydroelectric projects in Africa, local expertise shared with the world's poor.
  • advice, or opinion, of an expert

    • See also

    * skill, proficiency, knowledge, competence