Smart vs Intelligent The difference between smart and intelligent is the origin of the two. While smartness is a quality that comes through learning and adopting the learned behavior, intelligence is an inborn quality and acquired trait. Smart is a learned behavior. It is a behavior that can be adopted over time.

Can someone be intelligent but not smart?

Heres an amazing and even shocking fact— A person can be smart but not intelligent. You can be smart about lots of facts and yet not able to intelligently use those facts. Actually these people actually are exceptionally knowledgeable, but not intelligent. They can impressively recite lots and lots of facts.

Whats the minimum IQ of a genius?

Most people fall within the 85 to 114 range. Any score over 140 is considered a high IQ. A score over 160 is considered a genius IQ.