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Wary vs Perspicacious - What's the difference?

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Wary is a related term of perspicacious.


As adjectives the difference between wary and perspicacious

is that wary is cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful while perspicacious is (figuratively) of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.

wary

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(er)
  • Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
  • He is wary of dogs.
  • Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
  • Synonyms

    * cautious, guarded, careful, chary

    Derived terms

    * unwary * warily * wariness

    Anagrams

    * *

    See also

    * weary

    perspicacious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
  • (obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.
  • Derived terms

    * perspicaciously * perspicaciousness

    See also

    * clairvoyant * conspicuous * perspective