Do you think there is DIFFERENCE between SMART and INTELLIGENT?

On my own point of view, based on what I know, intelligent or intellectual people are highly regarded to have a better understanding of how things work. Like they may know every little bit of information about everything around them. They can be a genius of sorts in any field they focus into. Like for example Einstein, he is highly intellectual, and truly a gifted individual, a great scientist. On the other hand a smart person can either be intellectual or not at all. A smart person may never know everything, but he has the ability to adjust well to changes that happens around him, meaning he can sway and move with the winds of change. Adaptation is the greatest skill of smart persons, they can outsmart even the most intelligent person. Smart persons has the ability to simplify any complicated problems and situations, solving it in a very basic simple way, not unlike intelligent persons, where at times due to their overflowing knowledge, at times they cannot pick very well the simplest solution to a given problem most especially emotional situations. Intellectual persons tends to manifest egoistic feelings when confronted with emotional problems they tend to keep their pride because they fear they may lose they standing as an intellectual person. Being a fast learner can be productive and counter-productive. Productive in terms of speed, and faster solution to a certain problem. Counter-productive because, people who learn fast, works fast, and sometimes quality, efficiency, accuracy and strength of work is sacrificed because of speed and lesser time to work on a given problem.

Good day Metatronik, With reference to your main topic, as far as i believed, there is no much difference on that two descriptive words. as both of them have those characteristics which you have mentioned, being emotional matured and can really think maturely. however, although these two descriptive words have the same meaning, still, they somehow differ, well, aside from the spelling of course, intelligent is a type of trait that a person possess having a high degree of learning and is clever enough carrying him/her self. while smart, is a type of trait where he/she can carry his/her self in a way that he/she can look bright and clever.

The meanings of 'smart' and 'intelligent' are not identical and depend, to an extent, on the context in which they are used. 'Intelligent' is usually used of people who learn quickly and easily and apply logic to their decisions (and can justify them to others). 'Smart' is often a less than complimentary term and tends to mean someone who makes decisions which benefit himself rather than others. A 'smart' person may also be someone who has a talent for making good and quick decisions (and acting on them) without being necessarily able to rationalise them. Someone who is a 'fast learner' or has a natural aptitude for something may, of course, be good at whatever it is but tends to be less tolerant of the slower learner and does not, on the whole, make the best teacher. This is because the less brilliant and 'slower' person (who may not be at all less intelligent) has encountered and solved most of the problems which his students will encounter and is therefore usually in a better position to help them learn.

Hi Metatronik, I do believe that there are different types of "smart". I live in a college neighborhood. The very fact that these kids are in college tells me that there is more than likely some intelligence there and yet these same kids don't even know how to cross a street properly. Driving through in sub-zero weather and seeing girls half-naked makes me wonder about the common-sense levels. I do know people who can't read or write but could take your car apart and put it back together. They would register very low on an IQ test but they are not in any way stupid at all. My dad worked with a group of gifted kids when I was younger. He was a teacher and these kids were genious and yet they all had emotional issues and had trouble fitting in socially with other kids. The brain has two hemispheres: one side is for logical thinking and the other the more creative type of thinking. Ideally, they balance and work together but quite often one side is more dominant than the other.

Hi metatronik,For me yes,being smart is physically good looking,neat and clean to look at,the one who can always carry them selves pleasantly.Intelligent has the ability to think,learn and understand quickly.By the way,A person who is smart and intelligent is very lucky.

One of the dumbest persons I know got a graduate degree from Stanford. Im sure she was well educated and has a head full of "knowledge", however she struggles with thinking logically. So I believe there is a big difference between one being smart and one being wise.

SMARTNESS in fact is a behavioral response whereas INTELLIGENCE is concerned with one's neural capacities . Smart people shine everywhere...the intelligent one's shine only in their specific chosen field of activity, but of course on a far superior level.

yes, there is a difference between being smart and intelligent. being smart means that you succeed in life's challenges, while being intelligent is that one's IQ is high. i equate success to smart people, while it does not mean that intelligence does not bring success. smart people are matured enough to tackle life's challenges.

I think that somebody who is smart would do well in school because they are able to remember a lot of information easily, however I feel that somebody who is intelligent would have better talents in other places, for example being able to understand things rather than just being able to remember them for an exam. I am smart and have a good memory, but I don't think that I am particularly intelligent, and I have some friends who are the other way round. Not much we can do about it, as everybody is different at the end of the day.

Being smart and intelligent is really different.Smart maybe just hereditied from the parents,but a person who is intelligent can be great and better than someone.A person who only cares about his dream and being intelligent is positive.Anyway,being fast learner can be an advantage,but we still need to see the results that someone works harder.

there is not so much different between smart & intelligent. If u r smart then u might also intelligent. if u r not smart then itz very much difficult to become intelligent.

1. A person that can hadle different hard situations or understand new things easily are smart. Nerds are intelligent. Those who take a lot of their time to asimilate new knowledge are intelligent. 2. Just the smart ones. But there are also smart people that are inteligent too, so I guess some of the intelligent people too, but only because they are smart. 3. How can learning fast be a disadvantage? You tell me.

In my opinion smart and intelligent go with the same pace. Anyhow a smart person, as far as I understand has one more gear which make him/her brilliant and think-different person. An intelligent person may not be smart while the contrary can happen.

I think smart is knowing things (like Jeopardy) and intelligent is the ability to make good decisions, and be mature emotionally. Being a fast learner does have its disadvantages, in that it can cause frustration and boredom in kids when they accelerate faster than all the others.