Hard-working
Smart and hard-working are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smart" instead an adjective phrase "Hard-working".
Smart
Smart adjective - Being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance.
Hard-working and smart are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hard-working" instead an adjective "Smart".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Nerd: In an odd case, Napoleon isn't even particularly smart or hard-working, but has all the cornerstones of a stereotypical nerd - poor social skills, awkward posture, mouth breathing, eccentric habits, thick, ugly glasses, crappy fashion sense... Nipple and Dimed: Cow nipples that is.
Source: Film / Napoleon Dynamite -
Eddy: Melancholic - hard-working, smart/analytical, keeps to himself.
Source: Video Game / Always Remember Me -
A second male example would be Professional Wrestling's Matt Hardy (the smart, serious, hard-working, mature one) and Jeff Hardy (the cute, flighty, kinda crazy and arguably more popular one).
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