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Crafty vs. Subtle — What's the Difference?

Crafty vs. Subtle — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Crafty and Subtle

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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.

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

Crafty

Skilled in or marked by underhandedness, deviousness, or deception.

Subtle

Making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something
He tried a more subtle approach

Crafty

Devoted to or skilled at handicrafts such as knitting or woodworking.
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Subtle

Crafty; cunning
The subtle fiend dissembled

Crafty

(Archaic) Skillful; dexterous.

Subtle

So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive
A subtle smile.

Crafty

Skillful at deceiving others.

Subtle

Difficult to understand; abstruse
An argument whose subtle point was lost on her opponent.

Crafty

Sneaky; surreptitious.
I took a crafty look at his hand of cards while he was out of the room.

Subtle

Able to make fine distinctions
A subtle mind.

Crafty

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

Subtle

Operating in a hidden, usually injurious way; insidious
A subtle poison.

Crafty

Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.

Subtle

Characterized by skill or ingenuity; clever.

Crafty

(dated) Magical or occult, or allegedly so.
A crafty science

Subtle

Crafty or sly; devious.

Crafty

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

Subtle

Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood.

Crafty

Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
A noble crafty man of trees.

Subtle

Barely noticeable, not obvious, indistinct.
The difference is subtle, but you can hear it if you listen carefully.

Crafty

Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
With anxious care and crafty wiles.

Subtle

(of a thing) Cleverly contrived.

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

Subtle

(of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful.

Subtle

Insidious.

Subtle

Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency.

Subtle

(obsolete) Refined; exquisite.

Subtle

Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; - applied to persons; as, a subtle foe.

Subtle

Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem.

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.

Subtle

Smooth and deceptive.
Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground [bowling ground].

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

Subtle

Faint and difficult to analyze;
Subtle aromas

Subtle

Able to make fine distinctions;
A subtle mind

Subtle

Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way;
Glaucoma is an insidious disease
A subtle poison

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