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Sleight vs Imposture - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sleight and imposture

is that sleight is cunning; craft; artful practice while imposture is the act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

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

    imposture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

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