different between crafty vs sagacious

English

Etymology

From Middle English crafti, crefti, from Old English cræfti? (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *kraftagaz, *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft +? -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?æfti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k???fti/

Adjective

crafty (comparative craftier, superlative craftiest)

1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft

   Synonyms: cunning, wily

   • For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.

4. Sneaky; surreptitious.

   I took a crafty look at his hand of cards while he was out of the room.

Synonyms

• (skillful): See also Thesaurus:skilled
• (cunning, wily): See also Thesaurus:wily

Translations

English

Etymology

Coined between 1600 and 1610 from sagacity +? -ous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???e???s/
• Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

sagacious (comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)

1. Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
   • 2020, Ben Williams, The U.S. Supreme Court and sexual orientation, in: The Mississippi Business Journal, July 10 2020

     I resort, once again, to a sagacious adage from Justice Scalia […]

Synonyms

• frood

Derived terms

• sagaciously
• sagaciousness

Related terms

• sagacity

Translations

References

• sagacious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sagacious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sagacious at OneLook Dictionary Search