Shrewd vs Fiery - What's the difference?
shrewd | fiery | Related terms |
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
(archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
* 1599 ,
Of or relating to fire.
Burning or glowing.
* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=(Edwin Black)
, chapter=1, title= Inflammable or easily ignited.
Having the colour of fire.
Hot or inflamed.
*{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
, chapter=5, title= Tempestuous or emotionally volatile.
Spirited or filled with emotion.
Shrewd is a related term of fiery.
As adjectives the difference between shrewd and fiery
is that shrewd is showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters while fiery is of or relating to fire.shrewd
English
Adjective
(er)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. }}
- LEONATO. By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.
Derived terms
* shrewdly * shrewdnessfiery
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Internal Combustion, passage=Blast after blast, fiery' outbreak after ' fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,
The Lonely Pyramid, passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.