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Versatile vs Savvy - What's the difference?

versatile | savvy |

As adjectives the difference between versatile and savvy

is that versatile is capable of doing many things competently while savvy is (informal) shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.

As a verb savvy is

(informal) to understand.

As an interjection savvy is

(informal) do you understand?.

As a noun savvy is

shrewdness.

versatile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of doing many things competently.
  • Having varied uses or many functions.
  • Changeable or inconstant.
  • (biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
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    • Derived terms

    * versatility

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    savvy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.

    Synonyms

    * canny

    Verb

  • (informal) to understand

    • Interjection

  • (informal) Do you understand?

    • Noun

    (-)
  • Shrewdness