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Furtive vs Implied - What's the difference?

furtive | implied | Related terms |

Furtive is a related term of implied.


As adjectives the difference between furtive and implied

is that furtive is stealthy while implied is suggested without being stated directly.

As a verb implied is

(imply).

furtive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • stealthy
  • Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
  • * 1949 , George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four , p31
  • But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control.

    Synonyms

    * (stealthy) surreptitious * See also

    Derived terms

    * furtively * furtiveness

    implied

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suggested without being stated directly.
  • Antonyms

    * (suggested without being stated) verbal, express

    Derived terms

    * impliedly

    Verb

    (head)
  • (imply)