Suspicious vs. Wary — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Suspicious and Wary
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Suspicious
Having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something
He was suspicious of her motives
She gave him a suspicious look
Wary
On guard; watchful
Taught to be wary of strangers.
Suspicious
Arousing or apt to arouse suspicion; questionable
Suspicious behavior.
Wary
Characterized by caution
A wary glance at the black clouds.
Suspicious
Tending to suspect; distrustful
A suspicious nature.
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Wary
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent
He is wary of dogs.
Suspicious
Expressing suspicion
A suspicious look.
Wary
Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard
Suspicious
Arousing suspicion.
His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
Wary
Thrifty, provident
Suspicious
Distrustful or tending to suspect.
I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
Wary
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men.
Suspicious
Expressing suspicion
She gave me a suspicious look.
Wary
Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
It behoveth our words to be wary and few.
Suspicious
Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects.
Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other.
Wary
Marked by keen caution and watchful prudence;
They were wary in their movements
A wary glance at the black clouds
Taught to be wary of strangers
Suspicious
Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance.
Wary
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Suspicious
Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could.
Suspicious
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Suspicious
Not as expected;
There was something fishy about the accident
Up to some funny business
Some definitely queer goings-on
A shady deal
Her motives were suspect
Suspicious behavior
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