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Shred vs Crafty - What's the difference?

shred | crafty |

As a noun shred

is a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.

As a verb shred

is to cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.

As an adjective crafty is

relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.

shred

English

(wikipedia shred)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • shreds of tanned leather
  • In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
    • There isn't a shred of evidence to support his claims.
    (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    Related terms

    * screed

    Verb

  • To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
    • (Chaucer)
  • *
  • (obsolete) To lop; to prune; to trim.
  • (snowboarding) To ride aggressively.
  • (bodybuilding) To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
  • (music, slang) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).

    • Derived terms

    * shredder

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    crafty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
  • Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
  • Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.

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