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Amusing vs Crafty - What's the difference?

amusing | crafty |

As adjectives the difference between amusing and crafty

is that amusing is entertaining while crafty is relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.

As a verb amusing

is .

amusing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Entertaining.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=5 citation , passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-21
  • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Your gift at Christmas will soon be junk , volume=188, issue=2, page=24 , date=2012-12-10 , magazine= citation , passage=They seem amusing on the first day of Christmas, daft on the second, embarrassing on the third. By the twelfth they're in landfill. For 30 seconds of dubious entertainment, or a hedonic stimulus that lasts no longer than a nicotine hit, we commission the use of materials whose impacts will ramify for generations.}}
  • Funny, hilarious.
  • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * unamusing

    Derived terms

    * amusingness

    crafty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
  • Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
  • Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
  • Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.

    Synonyms

    * See also