Timeline for Difference between "smart" and "clever"
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| Oct 27, 2011 at 8:02 | vote | accept | abc | ||
| Oct 27, 2011 at 7:50 | comment | added | Unreason | Your case is supported by etymologies - while smart was witty, sharp since 13c, clever was a low word that was used in 16c to say that someone is handy or dexterous. For clever the extension to intellect occurred later. | |
| Oct 27, 2011 at 7:20 | comment | added | abc | @RiMMERΨ: thank you for your version, please do not erase it :) | |
| Oct 27, 2011 at 7:00 | vote | accept | abc | ||
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| Oct 27, 2011 at 4:24 | comment | added | mgb | A clever person knows a tomato is a fruit not a vegetable - a smart person knows not to put it in a fruit salad | |
| Oct 27, 2011 at 4:15 | comment | added | Frantisek | Well, let's see if someone else disagrees. If so, I will erase my answer. | |
| Oct 27, 2011 at 4:14 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I disagree. I don't think either word particularly implies either acquired knowledge or practicality. There are people with one trait and not the other, but someone else might just as easily reverse your words when making that distinction. | |
| Oct 27, 2011 at 4:12 | history | edited | Frantisek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 27, 2011 at 4:06 | history | answered | Frantisek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |