Knack vs Prowess - What's the difference?
knack | prowess |
A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.
* 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
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A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
To speak affectedly.
Skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity.
Distinguished bravery or courage, especially in battle; heroism
As nouns the difference between knack and prowess
is that knack is a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity while prowess is skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity.As a verb knack
is to crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.knack
English
Noun
(en noun)- The sophist runs for conver to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;
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References
Verb
(en verb)- (Bishop Hall)
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