To all English(Language) Guru!
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So wise can be used to describe a little girl/boy too. Thank you for the clarification.
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super wrote:
So wise can be used to describe a little girl/boy too.
No, it can't. See my above posting. DD! STOP TEACHING JOHNNY FOREIGNER BAD ENGLISH!
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Clever is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. //L
Really good answer. :)
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Can someone clarify me the difference between "Clever" and "Wise"? Any context with examples is welcome. I assumed that "wise" is generally linked with experience, age and also may be with men. But It seems I was not 100% accurate. So anyone, Please help me :)
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
You would be clever if you invented the atomic bomb. You would be wise to not use it. Cleverness is more about mental ability. Wisdom is about decision making. The wiser you are, the better decisions you make. The more clever you are, the more choices you have. Neither wisdom nore cleverness require knowledge, though they are both improved by it (most of the time). Wisdom typically comes with experience, whereas cleverness can be evident before you even learn to speak. Some examples... The wise idiot knows not to apply for a programmer job. The clever idiot hires somebody to make their resume good enough to get a programmer job (and then fail at that job, gaining a bad reference in the process). The clever genius makes the atomic bomb. The wise genius forms a committee to decide how to use that technology. To be more clever than you are wise is dangerous.