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Artifice vs Tactics - What's the difference?

artifice | tactics |

As nouns the difference between artifice and tactics

is that artifice is craftsman, artificer while tactics is (military) the military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.

artifice

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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

    • Related terms

    * artificial ----

    tactics

    English

    (wikipedia tactics)

    Alternative forms

    * tacticks (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (military) The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.
  • (military) Manoeuvres used against an enemy.
  • (military) The employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each otherJoint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006)..
  • English plurals

    • Derived terms

    * military tactics

    Related terms

    * tactic * tactical * procedures * techniques

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