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Artful vs. Shrewd — What's the Difference?

Artful vs. Shrewd — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Artful and Shrewd

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Artful

Artful (1902–1927) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Shrewd

Having or showing a clever awareness or resourcefulness, especially in practical matters.

Artful

Exhibiting art or skill
"The furniture is an artful blend of antiques and reproductions" (Michael W. Robbins).

Shrewd

Disposed to or marked by artful and cunning practices; tricky.

Artful

Skillful in accomplishing a purpose, especially by the use of cunning or craft.
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Shrewd

(Archaic) Sharp; penetrating
A shrewd wind.

Artful

Artificial.

Shrewd

Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.

Artful

Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.

Shrewd

Artful, tricky or cunning.

Artful

Not naturally produced; artificial; imitative.

Shrewd

(informal) Streetwise, street-smart.

Artful

Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful.

Shrewd

Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.

Artful

(especially) Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning.

Shrewd

Nigh accurate.
A shrewd guess

Artful

(obsolete) Knowledgeable about the liberal arts; learned, wise.

Shrewd

Severe, intense, hard.
A shrewd blow, or assault

Artful

Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

Shrewd

Sharp, snithy, piercing.
A shrewd wind

Artful

Artificial; imitative.

Shrewd

(archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.

Artful

Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order.

Shrewd

(obsolete) Portending, boding.

Artful

Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
Artful in speech, in action, and in mind.
The artful revenge of various animals.

Shrewd

(archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.

Artful

Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness;
An ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time
A disingenuous excuse

Shrewd

(obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.

Artful

Marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft;
The artful dodger
An artful choice of metaphors

Shrewd

(archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.

Shrewd

Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.
[Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass by.
Every of this happy numberThat have endured shrewd days and nights with us.

Shrewd

Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.

Shrewd

Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.
Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it.

Shrewd

Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;
A smart businessman
An astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease
He was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow

Shrewd

Used of persons;
The most calculating and selfish men in the community

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