Slick vs. Neat — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Slick and Neat
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Slick
Deftly executed; adroit
"A jockey occasionally won a four-mile heat with a slick maneuver" (John Eisenberg).
Neat
Very good; excellent
It was really neat seeing the city
Slick
Smooth, glossy, and slippery
Sidewalks slick with ice.
Neat
Arranged in a tidy way; in good order
The books had been stacked up in neat piles
Slick
Confident and effortlessly effective, especially in being persuasive
A slick political insider.
ADVERTISEMENT
Neat
Done with or demonstrating skill or efficiency
A neat bit of deduction
Slick
Superficially attractive or plausible but lacking depth or soundness
A slick writing style.
Neat
(of liquid, especially spirits) not diluted or mixed with anything else
He drank neat Scotch
Slick
(Slang) Excellent; wonderful.
Neat
A bovine animal.
Slick
A smooth or slippery surface or area.
Neat
Orderly and clean; tidy
A neat office.
A neat desk.
Slick
A floating film of oil.
Neat
Habitually tidy or well-organized
Was lucky to have a neat roommate.
Slick
A trail of floating material
A garbage slick.
Neat
Marked by ingenuity and skill; adroit
A neat turn of phrase.
Slick
An implement used to make a surface slick, especially a chisel used for smoothing and polishing.
Neat
Not diluted or mixed with other substances
Neat whiskey.
Slick
(Informal) A magazine, usually of large popular readership, printed on high-quality glossy paper.
Neat
Left after all deductions; net
Neat profit.
Slick
A smooth, treadless tire, often used for racing.
Neat
(Slang) Wonderful; terrific
That was a neat party.
Slick
(Slang) An unarmed military aircraft, especially a helicopter.
Neat
A cow or other domestic bovine animal.
Slick
To make smooth, glossy, or oily.
Neat
Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
My room is neat because I tidied it this morning.
She has very neat hair.
Slick
(Informal) To make neat, trim, or tidy
Slicked themselves up for the camera.
Neat
Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
I like my whisky neat.
Slick
Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
This rain is making the roads slick.
The top coating of lacquer gives this finish a slick look.
His large round head was shaved slick.
Neat
(chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
The Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat.
The molecular beam was neat acetylene.
Slick
Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
They read all kinds of slick magazines.
Neat
(archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net.
Slick
Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything.
Neat
Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
The front room was neat and carefully arranged for the guests.
Slick
(often used sarcastically) Clever, making an apparently hard task easy.
Our new process for extracting needles from haystacks is extremely slick.
That was a slick move, locking your keys in the car.
Neat
Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch.
Slick
Extraordinarily great or special.
That is one slick bicycle: it has all sorts of features!
Neat
Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
Courts should not reduce this case to a neat set of legal rules.
Slick
Sleek; smooth.
Neat
Good, excellent, desirable.
Hey, neat convertible, man.
Slick
A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road.
The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.
Neat
Used to signify a job well done.
Slick
A rapidly-expanding ring of dark water, resembling an oil slick, around the site of a large underwater explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress through the water of the shock wave generated by the explosion.
Neat
Used to signify approval.
Slick
Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
Neat
(informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
Slick
A tool used to make something smooth or even.
Neat
(archaic) A bull or cow.
Slick
A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
You'll go much faster if you put on slicks.
Neat
(archaic) Cattle collectively.
Slick
A helicopter.
Neat
Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.
Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat.
The steer, the heifer, and the calfAre all called neat.
A neat and a sheep of his own.
Slick
(printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
The project was delayed because the slick had not been delivered to the printer.
Neat
Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle.
Slick
A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
Neat
Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.
If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean.
Slick
(fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
Neat
Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
Slick
To make slick.
The surface had been slicked.
Neat
Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy; to drink one's vodka neat.
Slick
Sleek; smooth.
Neat
Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
Slick
To make sleek or smoth.
Neat
Clean or orderly;
Her neat dress
A neat room
Slick
A wide paring chisel.
Neat
Showing care in execution;
Neat homework
Neat handwriting
Slick
A slick, or smooth and slippery, surface or place; a sleek.
The action of oil upon the water is upon the crest of the wave; the oil forming a slick upon the surface breaks the crest.
Neat
Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming;
A neat style
A neat set of rules
She hated to have her neat plans upset
Slick
A slippery smoothness;
He could feel the slickness of the tiller
Neat
Free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed;
He landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek
A clean throw
The neat exactness of the surgeon's knife
Slick
A magazine printed on good quality paper
Neat
Very good;
He did a bully job
A neat sports car
Had a great time at the party
You look simply smashing
Slick
A film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
Neat
Without water;
Took his whiskey neat
Slick
A trowel used to make a surface slick
Slick
Make slick or smooth
Slick
Give a smooth and glossy appearance;
Slick one's hair
Slick
Having a smooth, gleaming surface;
Glossy auburn hair
Satiny gardenia petals
Sleek black fur
Silken eyelashes
Silky skin
A silklike fabric
Slick seals and otters
Slick
Made slick by e.g. ice or grease;
Sidewalks slick with ice
Roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil
Slick
Having only superficial plausibility;
Glib promises
A slick commercial
Slick
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
Share Your Discovery
Previous Comparison
Toboggan vs. BobsledNext Comparison
Cockerel vs. Capon