Trickery vs. Cunning — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Trickery and Cunning
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Trickery
The practice or use of tricks; deception by stratagem.
Cunning
Marked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness.
Trickery
(uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior.
Cunning
Executed with or exhibiting ingenuity.
Trickery
(uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture.
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Cunning
Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute
A cunning pet.
Trickery
(uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
Cunning
Skill in deception; guile.
Trickery
(countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc.
Cunning
Skill or adeptness in execution or performance; dexterity.
Trickery
The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
Cunning
Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
Trickery
Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Cunning
(obsolete) Skillful, artful.
Trickery
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Cunning
(obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
Cunning work
Cunning
Cute, appealing.
Cunning
Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
Cunning
Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
Cunning
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
Cunning
The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
The cunning of the fox or hare
Cunning
(obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
Cunning
Knowing; skillful; dexterous.
"Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and whiteNature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on.
Esau was a cunning hunter.
Cunning
Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.
Over them Arachne high did lift
Cunning
Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.
They are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere.
Cunning
Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.
Cunning
Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.
Let my right hand forget her cunning.
A carpenter's desertStands more in cunning than in power.
Cunning
The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Discourage cunning in a child; cunning is the ape of wisdom.
We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom.
Cunning
Shrewdness in deception;
As cunning as a fox
Cunning
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Cunning
Drafty artfulness (especially in deception)
Cunning
Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;
A cute kid with pigtails
A cute little apartment
Cunning kittens
A cunning baby
Cunning
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
Cunning
Showing inventiveness and skill;
A clever gadget
The cunning maneuvers leading to his success
An ingenious solution to the problem
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