Smart vs Strong - What's the difference?
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To hurt or sting.
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
To cause a smart or sting in.
* T. Adams
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
* Alexander Pope
* Bible, Proverbs xi. 15
Causing sharp pain; stinging.
* Shakespeare
Sharp; keen; poignant.
Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
* 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 19
Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
(often, in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour.
Good-looking.
Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
* Young
* Addison
Sudden and intense.
* Clarendon
* 1860 July 9, Henry David Thoreau, journal entry, from Thoreau's bird-lore'', Francis H. Allen (editor), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, 1910), ''Thoreau on Birds: notes on New England birds from the Journals of Henry David Thoreau , Beacon Press, (Boston, 1993), page 239:
(US, Southern, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right .
(archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
* Dryden
(archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
(archaic) Brisk; fresh.
A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
* Milton
* Spenser
Smart-money.
(slang, dated) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
Capable of producing great physical force.
Capable of withstanding great physical force.
fast moving water, wind, etc, which has a lot of power.
Determined; unyielding.
* , chapter=10
, title= Highly stimulating to the senses.
Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
(specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
(grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
(military) Not easily subdued or taken.
(slang, US) Impressive, good.
Having a specified number of people or units.
(of a disease or symptom) (l) (very bad or intense)
* 2005 , Andrew Gaeddert, Healing Immune Disorders: Natural Defense-Building Solutions , North Atlantic Books,
(mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a statement which it implies.)
In a strong manner.
As adjectives the difference between smart and strong
is that smart is causing sharp pain; stinging while strong is capable of producing great physical force.As proper nouns the difference between smart and strong
is that smart is {{surname} while Strong is {{surname}.As a verb smart
is to hurt or sting.As a noun smart
is a sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.As an initialism SMART
is specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Tangible, a mnemonic for goal-setting.As an adverb strong is
in a strong manner.smart
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) smerten, from (etyl) .Verb
- After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts !"
- He moved convulsively, and as he did so, said, "I'll be quiet, Doctor. Tell them to take off the strait waistcoat. I have had a terrible dream, and it has left me so weak that I cannot move. What's wrong with my face? It feels all swollen, and it smarts dreadfully."
- A goad that smarts the flesh.
- No creature smarts so little as a fool.
- He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) smart, smarte, smerte, from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience.
- a smart pain
- I always preferred the church, and I still do. But that was not smart' enough for my family. They recommended the army. That was a great deal too ' smart for me.
- smart''' bomb'', '''''smart car
- smart'''card'', '''''smart phone
- a smart outfit
- He became tired of his daughter's sarcasm and smart remarks''.
- Who, for the poor renown of being smart / Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?
- a sentence or two, which I thought very smart
- smart skirmishes, in which many fell
- There is a smart shower at 5 P.M., and in the midst of it a hummingbird is busy about the flowers in the garden, unmindful of it, though you would think that each big drop that struck him would be a serious accident.
- He raised his voice, and it hurt her feelings right smart .
- That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart .
- The stars shine smarter .
- a smart gown
- a smart breeze
Synonyms
* (exhibiting social ability) bright, capable, sophisticated, witty * (exhibiting intellectual knowledge) cultivated, educated, learned, see also * (good-looking) attractive, chic, stylish, handsome * sillyAntonyms
* (exhibiting social ability) backward, banal, boorish, dull, inept * (exhibiting intellectual knowledge) ignorant, uncultivated, simple * (good-looking) garish, , tackyDerived terms
* smart aleck * smart as a whip * smart casual * smart offEtymology 3
From (etyl) smerte, from . More above.Noun
(en noun)- To stand 'twixt us and our deserved smart .
- Counsel mitigates the greatest smart .
- (Fielding)
Anagrams
* * ----strong
English
Alternative forms
* (dialectal)Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong , like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
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