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Convincing vs Cagey - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between convincing and cagey

is that convincing is effective as proof or evidence while cagey is wary, careful, shrewd.

As a verb convincing

is present participle of lang=en.

convincing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Effective as proof or evidence.
    • Our convincing evidence was sufficient in the end to convince the judge.
  • * November 17 2012 , BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355]
    • While they have still only suffered one home defeat by Spurs in 19 years, this was not as convincing a victory as the scoreline suggests.

    Verb

    (head)

    • 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