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Skillful vs Tricky - What's the difference?

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Skillful is a related term of tricky.


As adjectives the difference between skillful and tricky

is that skillful is possessing skill while tricky is hard to deal with, complicated.

skillful

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * (Commonwealth English) skilful

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Possessing skill.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * skill * skilled * skillfully

    tricky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • hard to deal with, complicated
    • They were in a tricky situation.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=It was as comfortable an afternoon as Arsène Wenger could have wished for in a situation that can be tricky in between internationals and the upcoming Champions League. }}
  • adept at using deception
    • A tricky salesman can sell anything.

    Related terms

    * trick

    See also

    * sneaky