get wise vs catch on

get wise and catch on both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
get wise	No	No	Yes	No
catch on	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, get wise and catch on are synonyms defined as:

get wise and catch on: understand, usually after some initial difficulty

Other synonyms of get wise include cotton on, get it, get onto, latch on, tumble, twig.

get wise (verb)	catch on (verb)
understand, usually after some initial difficulty	become popular
	understand, usually after some initial difficulty