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Cagey vs Alert - What's the difference?

cagey | alert | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between cagey and alert

is that cagey is wary, careful, shrewd while alert is attentive; awake; on guard.

As a noun alert is

an alarm.

As a verb alert is

to give warning to.

As a proper noun Alert is

the northernmost inhabited place in Nunavut, Canada.

cagey

English

Alternative forms

* cagy

Adjective

(er)
  • wary, careful, shrewd
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  • uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.

    • Derived terms

    * cagily * caginess

    alert

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attentive; awake; on guard.
  • (obsolete) Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
  • * Addison
    • an alert young fellow

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alarm.
  • A notification of higher importance than an advisory.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give warning to.

    • Anagrams

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