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1. wikidiff.com › guileful › craftyCrafty vs Guileful - What's the difference? | WikiDiff

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   Crafty is a related term of guileful. As adjectives the difference between crafty and guileful is that crafty is relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous while guileful is full of guile; treacherously deceptive.

   • Guile vs Crafty

     Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous....

2. english.stackexchange.com › questions › 68987What's the difference between cunning, crafty and wily?

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   The definitions are quite similar, but what are the differences in meaning between them, exactly? cunning: having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion. crafty: clever at achieving one’s aims by indirect or deceitful methods. wily: skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully

   • The differences are indeed very subtle. I would say cunning usually denotes uncommon intelligence; crafty usually denotes uncommon creativity; and...
   • Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms says all the terms (along with sly, tricky, foxy, insidious, guileful and artful) are comparable when they mean ha...
   • Cunningness based on acquiring circumstantial favour by means of deceit even creating harms to others. Intelligence is based on genuine methods app...

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   Dec 5, 2020 · Sly, cunning, crafty, tricky, foxy, insidious, wily, guileful, artful are comparable when they mean having or showing a disposition to attain one’s ends by devious or indirect means.

4. wikidiff.com › crafty › guileGuile vs Crafty - What's the difference? | WikiDiff

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   Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.

5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › craftyCrafty Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. : skillful, clever. 2. a. : adept in the use of subtlety and cunning. a crafty swindler. The crafty detective got the suspect to confess to the crime. b. : marked by subtlety and guile.

6. wikidiff.com › guile › craftWhat is the difference between guile and craft? | WikiDiff

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   In uncountable terms the difference between guile and craft is that guile is astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception while craft is cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGUILE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   uncountable noun. Guile is the quality of being good at deceiving people in a clever way. His cunning and guile were not attributes I would ever underestimate. I love children's innocence and lack of guile. Synonyms: cunning, craft, deception, deceit More Synonyms of guile. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is the difference between guileful and crafty?

   • Crafty also implies a use of intelligence but it usually suggests a higher order of mentality than cunning. Wily (and guileful) stress an attempt to ensnare or entrap; they usually imply treacherous astuteness or sagacity and a lack of scruples regarding the means to one's end.

   What's the difference between cunning, crafty and wily?

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   What is the difference between artful and crafty?

   • The words artful and crafty are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness. When might cunning be a better fit than crafty?

   CRAFTY Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster

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   What is the difference between cunning and crafty?

   • The differences are indeed very subtle. I would say cunning usually denotes uncommon intelligence; crafty usually denotes uncommon creativity; and wily usually denotes uncommon skill. Of the three, crafty has the weakest, most lightweight connotation. Someone who is cunning might also be described as brilliant.

   What's the difference between cunning, crafty and wily?

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   What is the difference between Foxy and crafty?

   • crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method. wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering. tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering. foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing.

   Crafty Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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