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Cheeky vs Nervy - What's the difference?

cheeky | nervy |

As adjectives the difference between cheeky and nervy

is that cheeky is impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing while nervy is having nerve; bold; brazen.

cheeky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
  • * 1899 , , Stalky & Co. , chaper 4:
    • "Shut up," said Harrison. "You chaps always behave as if you were jawin' us when we come to jaw you."
    "You're a lot too cheeky ," said Craye.
  • * 1909 , , The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England , chaper 7:
    • The Young Turks, as might have been expected, wrote in their customary flippant, cheeky style.

    Synonyms

    * saucy * insolent * See

    nervy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (US) Having nerve; bold; brazen.
  • (British) Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=John Percy , title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report , work=the Telegraph citation , page= , passage= Blackpool continue to thrive on the adrenalin rush of the end-of-season shoot-out and are heading for a second Wembley date in two years after negotiating a nervy path past Birmingham.}}
  • (archaic) Strong; sinewy.
    • his nervy knees — Keats.

    Derived terms

    * nervily * nerviness

    Related terms

    * nervous