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con | artist |

As nouns the difference between con and artist

is that con is a disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros) while artist is a person who creates art.

As a verb con

is to study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.

As a proper noun Con

is a male given name, a diminutive form of Conor or Cornelius.

As an initialism CON

is Certificate of Need.

As an adjective artist is

artistic.

con

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) connen, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Verb

(conn)
  • (rare) To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
  • * Wordsworth
    • Fixedly did look / Upon the muddy waters which he conned / As if he had been reading in a book.
  • * Burke
    • I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson.
  • * 1963 , D'Arcy Niland, Dadda jumped over two elephants: short stories :
    • The hawk rested on a crag of the gorge and conned the terrain with a fierce and frowning eye.''
  • (rare, archaic) To know, understand, acknowledge.
  • * 1579 , , Iune:
    • Of Muses Hobbinol, I conne no skill
  • to conduct the movements of a ship at sea.
    • Related terms
    * ken * unconned

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros ).
    • pros and cons
    Synonyms
    * disadvantage
    Antonyms
    * pro
    Related terms
    * pros and cons

    Etymology 3

    Shortened from (convict).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.

    • Etymology 4

    From (con trick), shortened from (confidence trick).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    Verb

    (conn)
  • (slang) To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
    • Synonyms
    * (to be conned) be sold a pup

    Related terms

    * con artist * con game * con man * con trick

    Etymology 5

    From earlier (cond), from (etyl) conduen, from (etyl) conduire, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (nautical) To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through a channel etc. (rather than steer a compass direction)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (nautical) The navigational direction of a ship
    • Derived terms
    * conning tower * take the con

    Etymology 6

    or (conference).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An organized gathering such as a convention or conference.

    • See also

    * cone * mod cons

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ----

    artist

    English

    Noun

  • A person who creates art.
  • A person who creates art as an occupation.
  • A person who is skilled at some activity.

    • Derived terms

    * artistdom * artistic * artistically * artistry * con artist * escape artist * pickup artist * piss-artist * quick-change artist

    See also

    * animator * artisan * drawer * sculptor

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Artistic.
  • *, vol.1, ch.24:
    • Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

    Anagrams

    * * * English words suffixed with -ist ----