Naive vs. Guileless — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Naive and Guileless
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Naive
Simple and guileless; artless
A child with a naive charm.
Guileless
Free of guile; artless.
Naive
Unsuspecting or credulous
Naive victims of the scam.
Guileless
Free from guile; honest but naive.
Naive
Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment
"this extravagance of metaphors, with its naive bombast" (H.L. Mencken).
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Guileless
Free from guile; artless.
Naive
Not previously subjected to experiments
Testing naive mice.
Guileless
Free from guile;
His answer was simple and honest
Naive
Not having previously taken or received a particular drug
Patients naive to antipsychotic medication.
Guileless
Free of deceit
Naive
One who is artless, credulous, or uncritical.
Naive
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
Naive
Not having been exposed to something.
Naive
(of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
Naive
Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
Naive
A naive person; a greenhorn.
Naive
Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naïve manners; a naïve person; naïve and unsophisticated remarks.
Naive
Having a lack of knowledge, judgment, or experience; especially, lacking sophistication in judging the motives of others; credulous; as, a naive belief in the honesty of politicians.
Naive
Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience;
A teenager's naive ignorance of life
The naive assumption that things can only get better
This naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances
Naive
Lacking experience of life;
A callow youth of seventeen
Naive
Lacking sophistication
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