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Shrewd vs Scamper - What's the difference?

shrewd | scamper |

As an adjective shrewd

is showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.

As a noun scamper is

a quick, light run.

As a verb scamper is

to run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner.

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

    scamper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quick, light run.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner.
    • The dog scampered after the squirrel.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 1
    • The younger and lighter members of his tribe scampered to the higher branches of the great trees to escape his wrath; risking their lives upon branches that scarce supported their weight rather than face old Kerchak in one of his fits of uncontrolled anger.

    Synonyms

    * scurry * See also

    Anagrams

    * English intransitive verbs