Apt vs. Agile — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Apt and Agile
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Apt
Exactly suitable; appropriate
An apt reply.
Agile
Able to move quickly and easily
Ruth was as agile as a monkey
Apt
Having a natural tendency; inclined
She is apt to take offense easily. See Usage Note at liable.
Agile
Relating to or denoting a method of project management, used especially for software development, that is characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work and frequent reassessment and adaptation of plans
Agile methods replace high-level design with frequent redesign
Apt
Quick to learn or understand
An apt student.
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Agile
Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble.
Apt
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
An apt metaphor
Apt punishment
Agile
Mentally quick or alert
An agile mind.
Apt
(of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
Agile
Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.
An agile creature
An agile wit
Apt
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
A pupil apt to learn
An apt scholar
Agile
Characterised by quick motion.
Agile movements
Apt
An apartment; a flat.
Agile
Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
Agile methods
Apt
Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
They have always apt instruments.
A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb.
Agile
Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
Shaking it with agile hand.
Apt
Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; - used of things.
My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.
This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
Agile
Moving quickly and lightly;
Sleek and agile as a gymnast
As nimble as a deer
Nimble fingers
Quick of foot
The old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it
Apt
Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; - used of persons.
Apter to give than thou wit be to ask.
That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers.
Agile
Mentally quick;
An agile mind
Nimble wits
Apt
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
Live a thousand years,I shall not find myself so apt to die.
I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear.
Apt
To fit; to suit; to adapt.
That our speech be apted to edification.
Apt
At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant;
He is apt to lose
She is liable to forget
Apt
Mentally quick and resourceful;
An apt pupil
You are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold
Apt
(usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward;
He is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant
I am not minded to answer any questions
Apt
Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence;
The successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images
An apt reply
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