Calculative vs. Shrewd — What's the Difference?

The act, process, or result of calculating.

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

An estimate based on probabilities.

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

Careful, often cunning estimation and planning of likely outcomes, especially to advance one's own interests.

(Archaic) Sharp; penetrating

To ascertain by computation; reckon

Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.

To make an estimate of; evaluate

Artful, tricky or cunning.

To make for a deliberate purpose; design

(informal) Streetwise, street-smart.

To suppose

Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.

To plan, intend, or depend on.

Nigh accurate.

To perform a mathematical process; figure

Severe, intense, hard.

To suppose; guess.

Sharp, snithy, piercing.

To count, depend, or rely on someone or something

(archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.

Of, pertaining to, or involving calculation.

(obsolete) Portending, boding.

Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.

(archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.

Used of persons;

(obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.

(archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.

Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.

Artful; wily; cunning; arch.

Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.

Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;

Used of persons;