Artifice vs Finesse - What's the difference?
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a crafty but underhanded deception
a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse
a strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture
a tactical move to gain advantage
(uncountable) The property of having grace, elegance, skill, or balance.
(uncountable) Skill in handling of a situation.
(countable) An adroit maneuver.
(countable, bridge) A technique which allows one to promote tricks based on a favorable position of one or more cards in the hands of the opponent.
(ambitransitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse (see noun sense above).
To handle or manage carefully or skillfully.
To evade.
