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Canny vs Stealthy - What's the difference?

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Canny is a related term of stealthy.


As adjectives the difference between canny and stealthy

is that canny is careful, prudent, cautious while stealthy is characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy.

canny

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Careful, prudent, cautious.
    • (Ramsay)
  • Knowing, shrewd, astute.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • Frugal, thrifty.
  • (Scotland, Northumbria) Pleasant, fair.
    • She's a canny lass hor like!
  • * 1783 , (Robert Burns), "Green Grow the Rashes O", Songs and Ballads
    • But gie me a cannie hour at e'en,
    My arms about my dearie O;
    An' warl'y cares, an' warl'y men,
    Mae a' gae tapsalteerie O!
  • (Northumbria) Very or much.
    • That's a canny big horse, man!

    Derived terms

    * cannily * canniness

    Related terms

    * uncanny (Note: In common modern usage, "canny" and "uncanny" are no longer antonyms.)

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    stealthy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy.

    • Synonyms

    * sneaking * undercover * concealed * See also

    Derived terms

    * stealthiness