Vigilant vs Canny - What's the difference?
vigilant | canny | Related terms |
Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
Careful, prudent, cautious.
Knowing, shrewd, astute.
Frugal, thrifty.
(Scotland, Northumbria) Pleasant, fair.
* 1783 , (Robert Burns), "Green Grow the Rashes O", Songs and Ballads
(Northumbria) Very or much.
Vigilant is a related term of canny.
As adjectives the difference between vigilant and canny
is that vigilant is watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary while canny is careful, prudent, cautious.vigilant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Be vigilant for signs of disease in your garden.
Synonyms
* watchful, alert, wary, aware, on the qui viveDerived terms
* vigilantlycanny
English
Adjective
(er)- (Ramsay)
- (Sir Walter Scott)
- She's a canny lass hor like!
- But gie me a cannie hour at e'en,
- My arms about my dearie O;
- An' warl'y cares, an' warl'y men,
- Mae a' gae tapsalteerie O!
- That's a canny big horse, man!