different between astute vs intriguing

English

Etymology

Latin ast?tus, from astus (“craft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?tju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Adjective

astute (comparative astuter, superlative astutest)

1. Quickly and critically discerning.
2. Shrewd or crafty.
   • 2014, A teacher, "Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian, 23 September 2014:

     The best headteachers are like submarine captains – cool-headed, astute decision-makers – who trust their colleagues and surroundings to indicate where their ship is headed.

Synonyms

• crafty, shrewd, wily

Derived terms

• astutely
• astuteness

Translations

Anagrams

• statue

Estonian

Verb

astute

1. Second-person plural present form of astuma.

Italian

Adjective

astute

1. feminine plural of astuto

Anagrams

• statue

Latin

Adverb

ast?t? (comparative ast?tius, superlative ast?tissim?)

1. craftily, cunningly

References

• astute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• astute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• astute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?i????/

Adjective

intriguing (comparative more intriguing, superlative most intriguing)

1. Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mysterious

2. (archaic) Having clandestine or illicit intercourse.
   • 1839, Michael Ryan, Prostitution in London (page 83)

     […] few respectable women will now sit at a window, looking into the public street, or gaze at passengers in any large town or city; and no one does so at present, unless an innocent inexperienced, husband-hunting, flirtish, or intriguing person.

Synonyms

• fascinating, interesting, attractive

Translations

Verb

intriguing

1. present participle of intrigue

Noun

intriguing (plural intriguings)

1. (dated) An intrigue.
   • 1909, Thomas Longueville, The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck

     In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings, the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.