>>>I once heard the definition that intelligence is something that you get by birth, smartness is how you use your intelligence.
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>>>If you insist that intelligent = smart and that smart = intelligent, then I shake my head in disbelief, and silently exit from this thread.
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>>May I propose the word Wise?
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>>Intelligent/smart people are not necessarily wise.
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>I conclude that intelligence and smartness may have another meaning in English than in Norwegian. In Norwegian they are far from synonyms.
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>To simplify the common definitions we use, intelligence describes your ability to consume knowledge, while smartness describes how you use your knowledge.
I like that.
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