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Evasive vs Guarded - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between evasive and guarded

is that evasive is tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself while guarded is cautious; restrained.

As a verb guarded is

past tense of guard.

evasive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
  • Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action .

    • Synonyms

    * elusive, slippery, shifty, cagey, elusory, sly, noncommital * unclear, vague, equivocal, ambiguous * tricky, deceitful, devious

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    guarded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (guard)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cautious; restrained.
  • Watched over; supervised.