Mischief vs Slyness - What's the difference?
mischief | slyness |
Harm or evil caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
One who causes mischief. In a milder sense, one who causes petty annoyances. mischief-maker.
Vexatious or annoying conduct.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being being sly.
(countable) The result or product of being sly.
As nouns the difference between mischief and slyness
is that mischief is harm or evil caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause while slyness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being being sly.mischief
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(en noun)Quotations
* 1914–1915' "I fear this means that there is some '''mischief afoot." — Sherlock Holmes in ''.Synonyms
* (evil) agitation, annoyance, corruption, damage, demolition, destruction, detriment, disablement, disruption, evil, harm, hurt, ill, impairment, incapacitation, injury, nuisance, pique, ravage, sabotage, scathe, trouble, undoing, unmaking, vexation, weakening, wrong * (mischief-maker) bad boy, booger, buffoon, bugger, cutup, devil, elf, enfant terrible, fun-maker, hell-raiser, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker, jokester, knave, life of the party, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, minx, mischief-maker, pixie, practical joker, prankster, puck, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, thug, trouble maker, vandal, wag * (annoying conduct) bad manners, badness, delinquincy, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, disobedience, elfishness, goings-on, hanky-panky, impishness, impropriety, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdemeanor, monkey business, naughtiness, prankishness, pranksomeness, puckishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, scampishness * See also * See alsoDerived terms
* malicious mischief * mischievous * mischievously * mischievousness * mischief-makerslyness
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- ''With his natural slyness , he was able to talk his way out of trouble.