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Skilled vs Artful - What's the difference?

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Skilled is a related term of artful.


As adjectives the difference between skilled and artful

is that skilled is having or showing skill; skilful while artful is performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

As a verb skilled

is (skill).

skilled

English

Etymology 1

From (skill) (noun)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having or showing skill; skilful.
  • Requiring special abilities or training.
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    Etymology 2

    See (skill) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (skill)

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    artful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
  • Artificial; imitative.
  • Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
  • Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=June 29 , author=Kevin Mitchell , title=Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Where the Czech upstart Rosol, ranked 100 in the world, all but blew Nadal's head off with his blunderbuss in a fifth set of unrivalled intensity on Thursday night, Benneteau, a more artful citizen, used a rapier to hurt his vaunted foe before falling just short of a kill. In the end, it was he who staggered from the scene of the fight. }}

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    Derived terms

    * artful dodger * artfully * artfulness