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Hhtt Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

smart v. intelligent

"If you are smart, you'll listen and be afraid. If you are really smart, you'll run."

What is the difference between smart and intelligent for the above examples of smart ?

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Smart is an earned status. When we study and learn, we become smarter in the subject matter. Book smart or street smart, we have to put effort into becoming smarter.

  • Smart is an earned status.
  • When we study and learn, we become smarter in the subject matter.
  • Book smart or street smart, we have to put effort into becoming smarter.
  • Intelligence, on the other hand, is something with which you are born.
  • It is inherent, and it simply stems from your genetic makeup.
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Smart is an earned status. When we study and learn, we become smarter in the subject matter. Book smart or street smart, we have to put effort into becoming smarter.
Intelligence, on the other hand, is something with which you are born. It is inherent, and it simply stems from your genetic makeup.

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