Because I do. A lot of people refer to me as 'really smart' but I don't think that I really am. I am fine with calling myself 'intelligent', but not smart. Not really sure of my own reasoning on this, but do you feel that there's REALLY a difference in the words or that they are interchangeable?
2007-03-21 16:03:40 · 11 answers · asked by choirgirl1987 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
hey i totally understand wat u talking about man. n boo to e other gal, to say pple over-analyze things to death. it's not over-analyzing, is thinking beyond wat others seldom think of, n that's a good thing man.
smart to me is e power to connect knowledge n ur own skills together, while intelligent is just, a lot of knowledge in ur brain. others may mix it up, coz not everyone can understand e difference, but if u understand, tat's all tat matters.
it's like been street-smart is to understand e rules on e road, n to avoid urself in accidents. there's no such thing as street-intelligent, but if there were to b a meaning to it, it'll be like to know e rules on e road, n stayed at knowing it, no matter how e surroundings change around u, ur behaviour will not change to fit in.
but nonetheless, when someone compliments u, whether it's smart or intelligent, just say "thanks", tat's all u need to do.
2007-03-21 16:13:14 · answer #1 · answered by kai 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Traditionally the words are and have been interchangeable. Perhaps you are confusing intelligence with education. There are many who are educated beyond their understanding or intelligence. There are many who are very ignorant and yet are very intelligent. Smart is and adjective describing a high degree of intelligence. Intelligence is merely a vague description of mental capabilities. Usually when someone is described as being intelligent it is with the meaning that a person has good or high mental capabilities sometimes in general and sometimes when compared with a specific population.
2007-03-21 16:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is a difference. You can be book smart, or street smart. Being intelligent I think means that you are smart in every kind of way....with common sense added, it's a bonus for sure.
2007-03-21 19:37:05 · answer #3 · answered by Doodlebug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person can be intelligent with knowledge of all sorts of things. Being smart is how you use your intelligence.
2007-03-21 16:20:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that being smart means you can memorize things, or your good at math, or something like that. I think being intelligent means to have a lot of wisdom and knowledge of things.
2007-03-21 16:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by freestyle 6 sk8r <3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An Intelligent guy may not be smart...and Vice versa
2007-03-21 16:26:23 · answer #6 · answered by asbharadwaj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The words are interchangeable in the broader sense of their definitions. What you need is to have an operational definition for each term.
2007-03-21 16:11:32 · answer #7 · answered by jelesais2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smart is a brain thing intelligence is a human thing.
intelligence is the having of great ideas. be both, be one just be yourself.
your already everything you'll ever want to be, it's true.
2007-03-21 21:56:26 · answer #8 · answered by lifeoutsidethecircle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One is smart only when one is intelligent.
2007-03-21 16:20:17 · answer #9 · answered by Prabhakar A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope! C'mon.
2007-03-21 16:14:11 · answer #10 · answered by Krystal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋