Crafty vs. Subtle
Difference Between Crafty and Subtle
Crafty➦
Crafty is a chess program written by UAB professor Dr. Robert Hyatt, with continual development and assistance from Michael Byrne, Tracy Riegle, and Peter Skinner.
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Subtle➦
(especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe
his language expresses rich and subtle meanings
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Crafty➦
Skilled in or marked by underhandedness, deviousness, or deception.
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Subtle➦
making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something
he tried a more subtle approach
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Crafty➦
Devoted to or skilled at handicrafts such as knitting or woodworking.
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Subtle➦
crafty; cunning
the subtle fiend dissembled
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Crafty➦
(Archaic) Skillful; dexterous.
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Subtle➦
So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive
a subtle smile.
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Crafty➦
Skillful at deceiving others.
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Subtle➦
Difficult to understand; abstruse
an argument whose subtle point was lost on her opponent.
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Crafty➦
Sneaky; surreptitious.
I took a crafty look at his hand of cards while he was out of the room.
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Subtle➦
Able to make fine distinctions
a subtle mind.
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Crafty➦
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
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Subtle➦
Operating in a hidden, usually injurious way; insidious
a subtle poison.
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Crafty➦
Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
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Subtle➦
Characterized by skill or ingenuity; clever.
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Crafty➦
(dated) Magical or occult, or allegedly so.
a crafty science
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Subtle➦
Crafty or sly; devious.
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Crafty➦
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
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Subtle➦
Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood.
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Crafty➦
Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
A noble crafty man of trees.
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Subtle➦
Barely noticeable, not obvious, indistinct.
The difference is subtle, but you can hear it if you listen carefully.
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Crafty➦
Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
With anxious care and crafty wiles.
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Subtle➦
(of a thing) Cleverly contrived.
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Crafty➦
marked by skill in deception;
cunning men often pass for wise
deep political machinations
a foxy scheme
a slick evasive answer
sly as a fox
tricky Dik
a wily old attorney
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Subtle➦
(of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful.
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Subtle➦
Insidious.
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Subtle➦
Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency.
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Subtle➦
(obsolete) Refined; exquisite.
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Subtle➦
Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; - applied to persons; as, a subtle foe.
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Subtle➦
Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem.
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Subtle➦
Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; - said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; - said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive.
Things remote from use, obscure and subtle.
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Subtle➦
Smooth and deceptive.
Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground [bowling ground].
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Subtle➦
be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind;
his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
a subtle difference
that elusive thing the soul
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Subtle➦
faint and difficult to analyze;
subtle aromas
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Subtle➦
able to make fine distinctions;
a subtle mind
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Subtle➦
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way;
glaucoma is an insidious disease
a subtle poison
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