Impish vs Puckish - What's the difference?
impish | puckish | Synonyms |
mischievous; of or befitting an imp.
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mischievous; excessively playful.
* Wolfowitz spoke softly to Yasa, who evidently had no idea who he was but responded with a puckish smile.'' - , ''The Next Crusade by John Cassidy, 09/04/2007 [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/09/070409fa_fact_cassidy]
Puckish is a synonym of impish.
As adjectives the difference between impish and puckish
is that impish is mischievous; of or befitting an imp while puckish is mischievous; excessively playful.impish
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Wild-eyed youngsters they were, with matted hair and little broad-nosed impish faces, covered (as some children are covered even nowadays) with a delicate down of hair.}}
citation, passage=But the antics of Mr. Moore, though impish and impudent, are, after all, so amusing and so graceful that the governess, it is said, sometimes hides behind a tree to watch.}}