Devious vs Desultory - What's the difference?
devious | desultory | Related terms |
Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
* 1839 , Frederick Marryat, The Phantom Ship
Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence.
* 1850 , , Chapter 25
Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject.
Disappointing in performance or progress.
(obsolete) Leaping, skipping or flitting about, generally in a random or unsteady manner.
Devious is a related term of desultory.
As adjectives the difference between devious and desultory
is that devious is deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard while desultory is jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence.devious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
desultory
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- To mend the matter, Hamlet's aunt had the family failing of indulging in soliloquy, and held forth in a desultory manner, by herself, on every topic that was introduced.
- He wandered round, cleaning up in a desultory way.
- I teach a class of desultory minds.
- I made a desultory remark while I was talking to my friend.
- She made a desultory attempt at conversation.