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Feat vs Masterstroke - What's the difference?

feat | masterstroke |

As nouns the difference between feat and masterstroke

is that feat is a relatively rare or difficult accomplishment while masterstroke is an action which demonstrated great skill or artistry.

As an adjective feat

is dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty.

As a verb feat

is to form; to fashion.

feat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2013 , date=January 22 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4) , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3-1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962.}}

    Derived terms

    * no small feat * no mean feat

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (archaic) dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty
  • * Shakespeare
    • Never master had a page so feat .
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 1
    • And look how well my garments sit upon me — / Much feater than before.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To form; to fashion.
  • * Shakespeare
    • To the more mature, / A glass that feated them.

    Anagrams

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    masterstroke

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An action which demonstrated great skill or artistry
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice. As it turned out, it was a masterstroke . The striker was full of running, played with a more direct shoot-on-sight approach than normal and finished with two goals and an assist.}}