My boyfriend says I am clever, not smart, but very clever.
Is smart not the same thing as clever?
He is from Ireland.
2007-03-26 18:54:26 · 14 answers · asked by OS 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
Nakora: He said I was smart before, but when he says "clever", not "smart",
he means I am more than just book smart, I guess.
2007-03-26 19:02:45 · update #1
Magix; he is from dublin.
2007-03-26 19:31:49 · update #2
In my opinion: Clever and smart is not the same thing. Being clever has a trait of being shrewd: Getting your way with things or getting out of tricky situations. A clever person need not be someone bestowed with a good intellect but is someone who's mind works very fast and spontaneously. Being smart on the other hand has got to do more with one's general awareness and intellecutal capability. And I think both are mutually exclusive, a clever person need not be smart and vica-versa. Even though being called clever is not necessarily an insult, If your boy friend thinks you are clever and not smart ... you need to do some impression management and maybe change his opinion somewhat.
Where in Ireland, by the way?
2007-03-26 19:28:08 · answer #1 · answered by Magix 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clever means skillful.
Smart means mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness.
They're not exactly the same, smart has something more than clever.
2007-03-27 01:58:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he means smart in the ways of the world
my little bro is like that
but I say it the other way around
he's a very very smart kid
but not too clever in the ways of life
and i'm from england
2007-03-27 01:59:00 · answer #3 · answered by Jay Cee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a put down, saying that you are not smart. If you are clever enough for his relationship, then you are smart enough, also.
2007-03-27 01:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by kaliroadrager 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically it means the same, with clever being the best....that means you are people savvy, and maybe not book smart. Honey, you are better being clever.
2007-03-27 01:57:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't what ireland thinks about insulting people, but I'd say calling you clever but not "smart" is an insult.
2007-03-27 01:56:53 · answer #6 · answered by huhyftcgbjhu 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your quick on your feet. You can knock someone out of a chair with a come back...and you have a come back for just about everything....but maybe you are not book smart? Better to be clever, because if you can't dazzle them with brilliance you can baffle them with bull sh*t!
2007-03-27 01:59:17 · answer #7 · answered by my_thoughts 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hmm. clever doesnt necessarily mean smart. clever means quick, sneaky... smart is being brainy and taking AP calculus before junior year.. but im sure your a smart girl. your boyfriend just likes to think of you as witty and sneaky. ;)
2007-03-27 01:58:10 · answer #8 · answered by Minor Bunny Engine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
smart means you know alot of stuff... like facts.
Clever means you can work stuff out. Like puzzles and movies plots and bassically all sorts of things that have to do with thinking.
your bf is cool for calling you clever.
2007-03-27 01:58:51 · answer #9 · answered by Sorta Undead 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
clever has a very devious/crafty connotation while smart just means like book smart.
2007-03-27 01:59:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋