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Slippery vs Crafty - What's the difference?

slippery | crafty |

As adjectives the difference between slippery and crafty

is that slippery is of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc while crafty is relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.

slippery

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
    • Oily substances render things slippery .
  • (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
    • a slippery person
    a slippery promise
  • (obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm.
  • * 1602 , , III. iii. 84:
    • Which when they fall, as being slippery' standers, / The love that leaned on them, as ' slippery too, / Do one pluck down another, and together / Die in the fall.
  • unstable; changeable; inconstant
  • * Denham
    • The slippery state of kings.
  • (obsolete) wanton; unchaste; loose in morals
  • * 1610 , , I. ii. 273:
    • My wife is slippery ? If thou wilt confess –

    Derived terms

    * slippery as an eel * slippery elm * slippery nipple * slippery slope

    Related terms

    * slip

    Synonyms

    * (of a surface) greasy, slick, slimy, slippy, wet

    Antonyms

    * (of a surface) sticky

    crafty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
  • Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
  • Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.

    Synonyms

    * See also