Deaf vs Deft - What's the difference?
deaf | deft |
Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless.
* Shakespeare
Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
* Dryden
(obsolete, UK, dialect) Decayed; tasteless; dead.
* Holland
Deaf people considered as a group.
Quick and neat in action; skillful
As adjectives the difference between deaf and deft
is that deaf is unable to hear, or only partially able to hear while deft is quick and neat in action; skillful.As a noun deaf
is deaf people considered as a group.As a verb deaf
is to deafen.deaf
English
Adjective
(er)- Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf .
- Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight.
- Those people are deaf to reason.
- O, that men's ears should be / To counsel deaf , but not to flattery!
- A deaf murmur through the squadron went.
- a deaf''' nut; '''deaf corn
- (Halliwell)
- If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf , void, light, and naught.
Synonyms
* hard of hearing * hearing-impairedDerived terms
* turn a deaf ear * stone deaf * fall on deaf earsSee also
* inaudible (unable to be heard ) * anosmic * blindNoun
Derived terms
* deaf aid * deaf and dumb * deaf-mute * deafen * deafnessSee also
* (pedia) * (Deaf culture)Anagrams
* * ----deft
English
Adjective
(er)- He assembled it in one fluid, deft motion.