Audacity vs Guile - What's the difference?
audacity | guile |
Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
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Fearlessness, intrepid daring.
(uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
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Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
* 'The Bible - King James Version: John 1:47
to deceive, to beguile
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As nouns the difference between audacity and guile
is that audacity is insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional while guile is astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.As a verb guile is
to deceive, to beguile.audacity
English
Noun
(audacities)- The brash private had the audacity to criticize the general.
- Somebody never pays his loans, yet he has the audacity to ask the bank for money.
Synonyms
* (insolent boldness) audaciousness, outdaciousness, temerityExternal links
* * *guile
English
Noun
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- Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile !
