Crafty vs Cheeky - What's the difference?
crafty | cheeky |
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
* 1899 , , Stalky & Co. , chaper 4:
* 1909 , , The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England , chaper 7:
As adjectives the difference between crafty and cheeky
is that crafty is relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous while cheeky is (informal) impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.crafty
English
Adjective
(er)- Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.
Synonyms
* See alsocheeky
English
Adjective
(er)- "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.
- The Young Turks, as might have been expected, wrote in their customary flippant, cheeky style.