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Sleight vs Deft - What's the difference?

sleight | deft |

As a noun sleight

is cunning; craft; artful practice.

As an adjective deft is

quick and neat in action; skillful.

sleight

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Cunning; craft; artful practice.
  • An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
  • Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

    • Derived terms

    * sleight of hand * sleighty English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    deft

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Quick and neat in action; skillful
    • He assembled it in one fluid, deft motion.

    See also

    * daft