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Artful vs Masterpiece - What's the difference?

artful | masterpiece |

As an adjective artful

is performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

As a noun masterpiece is

a piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.

artful

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Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
  • Artificial; imitative.
  • Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
  • Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=June 29 , author=Kevin Mitchell , title=Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Where the Czech upstart Rosol, ranked 100 in the world, all but blew Nadal's head off with his blunderbuss in a fifth set of unrivalled intensity on Thursday night, Benneteau, a more artful citizen, used a rapier to hurt his vaunted foe before falling just short of a kill. In the end, it was he who staggered from the scene of the fight. }}

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    Derived terms

    * artful dodger * artfully * artfulness

    masterpiece

    English

    (wikipedia masterpiece)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.
  • * 1911 , (Saki), The Chronicles of Clovis
  • *:The design, when finally developed, was a slight disappointment to Monsieur Deplis, who had suspected Icarus of being a fortress taken by Wallenstein in the Thirty Years' War, but he was more than satisfied with the execution of the work, which was acclaimed by all who had the privilege of seeing it as Pincini's masterpiece .
  • A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.
    • Masterpieces are not completed, they are abandoned.
  • A work created in order to qualify as a master craftsman and member of a guild.

    • Synonyms

    * * masterwork