Difference between Smarts and Astute

SMARTS vs ASTUTE: NOUN

Shrewd or crafty
Quickly and critically discerning
Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns. : shrewd.
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

Synonyms Sagacious, Sage, Knowing, Astute, Subtle. Sagacious and sage are used only in good senses, and when applied to persons generally suggest the wisdom of age or experience. The knowing man has wide knowledge and often penetration. The word knowing has also a humorous cast: as, he gave me a knowing wink; it may be used ironically: as, he is a little too knowing, that is, he thinks he knows more than he does; it may be used of knowing more than one has a right to know; it sometimes suggests a disposition to make ill use of knowledge: as, a knowing leer. Astute is often the same as sagacious, but is susceptible of an unfavorable sense in the direction of a narrow shrewdness, slyness, or cunning; it often means a sagacity that knows how to be silent; it is frequently applied to looks. Subtle, in its good sense, implies great acuteness, delicacy, or refinement in mental action: as, a subtle reasoner. For its bad sense, see cunning.
Of keen penetration or discernment; cunning; sagacious.

Impudent, Dapper, Chic, Cagey, Natty, Fashionable, Sharp, Bright, Snappy, Stylish, Astute, Canny, Shrewd, Clever, Intelligent

Judicious, Cunning, Intelligent, Crafty, Clever, Insightful, Incisive, Skilful, Skillful, Adroit, Perceptive, Canny, Sharp, Smart, Shrewd

Impudent, Dapper, Chic, Cagey, Natty, Fashionable, Sharp, Bright, Snappy, Stylish, Astute, Canny, Shrewd, Clever, Intelligent

Judicious, Cunning, Intelligent, Crafty, Clever, Insightful, Incisive, Skilful, Skillful, Adroit, Perceptive, Canny, Sharp, Smart, Shrewd

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SMARTS method as a simplified version of MAUT.
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What he lacks in smarts, he makes up in lack of smarts.
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Union members are astute about the UI program.
They are pragmatic, legally astute and client centric.
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He is remembered as an astute business man.
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Astute risk management acts as a defense mechanism.
Banks was such an astute and inventive collector.
Wide is British slang for unscrupulous and astute.
"HMS Astute, as Hon Members will know, is the first of the eponymous Astute Class submarines of Her Majesty's Royal Navy.
Following a rigorous vendor evaluation process, BA chose Astute Agent from Astute Solutions to help achieve these objectives.