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Crafty vs Crooked - What's the difference?

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Crafty is a related term of crooked.


As adjectives the difference between crafty and crooked

is that crafty is relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous while crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

As a verb crooked is

(crook).

crafty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • 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/]
    • 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 also

    crooked

    English

    Etymology 1

    From crook, equivalent to .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crook)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) croked, crokid, past participle of . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
    • We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
  • Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
    • That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
  • (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
    • He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.