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Slyness vs Artifice - What's the difference?

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Slyness is a related term of artifice.


As nouns the difference between slyness and artifice

is that slyness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being being sly while artifice is craftsman, artificer.

slyness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being being sly.
    • ''With his natural slyness , he was able to talk his way out of trouble.
  • (countable) The result or product of being sly.

    • Synonyms

    * craftiness

    artifice

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a crafty but underhanded deception
  • a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse
  • a strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture
  • a tactical move to gain advantage

    • Related terms

    * artificial ----