Guile vs Guise - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
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Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
* 'The Bible - King James Version: John 1:47
to deceive, to beguile
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Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (.)
* 1924 , Aristotle. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 5.
External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.
* 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' '' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
(Internet slang)
As nouns the difference between guile and guise
is that guile is astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception while guise is customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself..As a verb guile
is to deceive, to beguile.guile
English
Noun
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- Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile !
Verb
(guil)Derived terms
* beguile * guileful * guilelessReferences
guise
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) guise, gise, gyse, from (etyl) guisse, guise, . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher
- Under the guise of patriotism
- Ought we be concerned that our rights to protest are being continually eroded under the guise of enhancing our safety?
Synonyms
* (customary way of acting) behavior, manner, mien, practice * (external appearance) appearance, lookEtymology 2
Noun
(head)- Sup guise ? — What's up, guys?