different between craftiness vs artifice
craftiness
English
Etymology
crafty +? -ness
Noun
craftiness (countable and uncountable, plural craftinesses)
- Skill in deception, slyness
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artifice
English
Etymology
From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???(?)t?f?s/
Noun
artifice (countable and uncountable, plural artifices)
- A crafty but underhanded deception.
- A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
- A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
- A tactical move to gain advantage.
- (archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
Translations
Verb
artifice (third-person singular simple present artifices, present participle artificing, simple past and past participle artificed)
- To construct by means of skill or specialised art
Related terms
- artificial
Further reading
- artifice at OneLook Dictionary Search
- artifice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- actifier
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin artificium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?.ti.fis/
Noun
artifice m (plural artifices)
- artifice, trick, ploy
- (literary) device
Derived terms
- artificiel
- feu d'artifice
- sans artifice
Further reading
- “artifice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Noun
artifice
- ablative singular of artifex
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