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Shrewd vs Depraved - What's the difference?

shrewd | depraved |

As adjectives the difference between shrewd and depraved

is that shrewd is showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters while depraved is perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.

As a verb depraved is

(deprave).

shrewd

English

Adjective

(er)
  • showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
  • artful, tricky or cunning
  • streetwise
  • *
  • knowledgeable
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title=tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott. }}
  • (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
  • * 1599 ,
    • LEONATO. By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.

    Derived terms

    * shrewdly * shrewdness

    depraved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (deprave)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.

    • Derived terms

    * depravedly * depravedness

    Related terms

    * deprave * depravity

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