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Rascal vs Shifty - What's the difference?

rascal | shifty |

As adjectives the difference between rascal and shifty

is that rascal is low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble while shifty is having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable; such as someone with shifty eyes.

As a noun rascal

is a dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.

As a proper noun Rascal

is {{surname|lang=en}.

rascal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.
  • A playfully mischievous person or creature; a troublemaker.
    • That little rascal bit me!
    If you have deer in the area, you may have to put a fence around your garden to keep the rascals out.
  • A member of a criminal gang in Papua New Guinea.

    • Synonyms

    * (someone who is naughty) devil, imp, mischief-maker, scamp, scoundrel * See also * See also

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble.

    • Derived terms

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    shifty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable; such as someone with shifty eyes .
    • He was a shifty character in a seedy bar and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.
  • Subject to frequent changes in direction.
  • * 1971 , Henry Handel Richardson, Ultima Thule (page 121)
    • Off he raced, shuffling his bare feet through the hot, dry, shifty sand. But it was no good: she didn't care.
  • Full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.
    • (Wright)
  • * Charles Kingsley
    • Shifty and thrifty as old Greek or modern Scot, there were few things he could not invent, and perhaps nothing he could not endure.