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Watchful vs Wily - What's the difference?

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Watchful is a related term of wily.


As adjectives the difference between watchful and wily

is that watchful is observant, vigilant and aware while wily is sly, cunning, full of tricks.

watchful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • observant, vigilant and aware
  • * Sysops keep a watchful eye on wiki edits.

    • wily

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • sly, cunning, full of tricks
    • Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it.

    Synonyms

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