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Devious vs Designing - What's the difference?

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Devious is a related term of designing.


As adjectives the difference between devious and designing

is that devious is deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard while designing is artful; scheming.

As a verb designing is

.

As a noun designing is

a process of design.

devious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
  • * 1839 , Frederick Marryat, The Phantom Ship
    • Keeping close in to the shore, they discovered, after two hours run, a fresh stream which burst in a cascade from the mountains, and swept its devious course through the jungle, until it poured its tribute into the waters of the Strait.

    designing

    English

    (design)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • artful; scheming
    • a designing man

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A process of design.
  • * 1829 , Richard Carlile, The Lion
    • Are these, the reality of things, a part of the great designings or are they not? If so, it would have been better, that there had been no such designings; if not, how is the theory of omnipotent design borne out?