Underhanded vs Stratagem - What's the difference?
underhanded | stratagem |
Done by moving the hand (and arm) from below.
Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.
:An underhanded compliment is actually criticism.
A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]:
As a adjective underhanded
is done by moving the hand (and arm) from below.As a noun stratagem is
a tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.underhanded
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "underhanded" is often applied: tactic, way, dealing, method, trick, manner, thing, deal, scheme, practice.stratagem
English
Noun
(en noun)- While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival.