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Knowing vs Cagey - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between knowing and cagey

is that knowing is possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent while cagey is wary, careful, shrewd.

As a verb knowing

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun knowing

is the act or condition of having knowledge.

knowing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent.
  • * South
    • The knowing and intelligent part of the world.
  • Shrewd or showing clever awareness.
    • a knowing rascal
  • Suggestive of private knowledge.
  • Deliberate

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * knowingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or condition of having knowledge.
  • * 2009 , Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition (page 194)
    • Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings .

    cagey

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cagy

    Adjective

    (er)
  • wary, careful, shrewd
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 6 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But with both sides in the Premier League's bottom three before the game began, the three points at stake made for a cagey match.}}
  • uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.

    • Derived terms

    * cagily * caginess