Nimble vs Artful - What's the difference?
nimble | artful | Related terms |
Quick and light in movement or action.
Quick-witted and alert.
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
Nimble is a related term of artful.
As adjectives the difference between nimble and artful
is that nimble is quick and light in movement or action while artful is performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.nimble
English
Adjective
(er)- He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.
- She has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation.
artful
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)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. }}