Devious vs Treacherous - What's the difference?
devious | treacherous |
Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
* 1839 , Frederick Marryat, The Phantom Ship
Exhibiting treachery.
Deceitful; inclined to betray.
Unreliable; dangerous.
As adjectives the difference between devious and treacherous
is that devious is deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard while treacherous is exhibiting treachery.devious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Keeping close in to the shore, they discovered, after two hours run, a fresh stream which burst in a cascade from the mountains, and swept its devious course through the jungle, until it poured its tribute into the waters of the Strait.
treacherous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a treacherous mountain trail