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Cagey vs Refraining - What's the difference?

cagey | refraining |

As an adjective cagey

is wary, careful, shrewd.

As a verb refraining is

present participle of refrain.

As a noun refraining is

the act of one who refrains from doing something.

cagey

English

Alternative forms

* cagy

Adjective

(er)
  • wary, careful, shrewd
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 6 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But with both sides in the Premier League's bottom three before the game began, the three points at stake made for a cagey match.}}
  • uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.

    • Derived terms

    * cagily * caginess

    refraining

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who refrains from doing something.
  • * 2005 , Daniel J. Hill, Divinity and Maximal Greatness (page 220)
    • Their refrainings from evil are members of at least one active causal chain