What's the difference between astute and crafty?

Astute


Definition:

  • (a.) Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There is an enjoyment that comes with owning it, a pleasure, but also he is an astute businessman.
  • (2) Blair knew Short was close to Brown at the time and had astutely chosen her to be the messenger.
  • (3) With astute assessment and intervention, agitation can be prevented and treated to enhance recovery from critical illness.
  • (4) Latham is angry, outrageous, insulting – with a lifelong chip on his shoulder – as well as astute, brave and far more readable than most.
  • (5) The critical care nurse who is astute to the possible causes of postoperative delirium and to treatments and interventions required will help to minimize the morbidity associated with postoperative delirium.
  • (6) He and Hunt are too politically astute to fall out.
  • (7) The cause of his chief complaint and presenting symptoms challenged the astuteness of clinicians, surgeons, and histopathologists on two continents and the high seas.
  • (8) The astute Rawling pointed out to Klitschko that his opponent was capable of anything – Chisora had bitten one opponent in the ring while kissing another at a press conference.
  • (9) Under the astute, paternal Wicks, Cooper won his first nine fights, the ninth against an old foe, the 15-stone Bygraves, which was especially rewarding.
  • (10) However, she is the most astute image-shaper in sport bar none, seducing swathes of tame tennis writers to plug her sweets, charming hosts with just a hint of a smile, disarming critics with a pursed-lip frostiness of which Madonna would be proud.
  • (11) They alert the astute examiner to several life-threatening problems that result from both benign and malignant islet cell tumors, adenocarcinomas of the pancreas, and pancreatic endocrine and inflammatory diseases.
  • (12) Soaring land values and astute buying and selling have helped the value of the Crown Estate pass £10bn for the first time, a rise of 15% over the past year alone.
  • (13) Because, as Rafael Behr so astutely observed recently , when immigration minister Mark Harper's rhetoric, in justifying this deplorable campaign, strays in the same breath on to immigration in general putting "pressure on our infrastructure", the distinction between legal and illegal immigrant is lost.
  • (14) He is far too astute an analyst of comedy to be unaware of the danger of looking smug and there were sufficient layers of irony and knowing jokes within jokes for the conceit to work.
  • (15) As she matured she also developed into an astute and sensitive dance actor; her portrayal of characters such as Manon or Natalia Petrovna in A Month in the Country were refreshingly free of ballet cliche.
  • (16) As a portrait of modern society, it is startlingly astute – a scene with two schoolgirls arguing at a bus stop is uncanny in its depiction of south London slang, and speech mannerisms, and all the more notable because this is so rarely done accurately and with empathy.
  • (17) At one point Neymar began to compare himself to previous winners Ronaldo and Ronaldinho prompting Scolari to cut in, cuffing him fondly on the back of the neck while making an astute diversionary remark about comparable hairstyles.
  • (18) Physicians should focus astutely on internal and external sites of inflammation as possible focuses for tumor recurrence in the follow-up of the cancer patient.
  • (19) Although elderly patients may present a special challenge, the negative consequences of immobility can be avoided, to a significant extent, with astute and vigilant nursing management.
  • (20) Politically astute, photogenic and backed by his father’s political machine, Biden was elected attorney general of Delaware with 52.6% of the vote.

Crafty


Definition:

  • (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
  • (a.) Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
  • (a.) Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Intricate is the key word, as screwball dialogue plays off layered wordplay, recurring jokes and referential callbacks to build to the sort of laughs that hit you twice: an initial belly laugh followed, a few minutes later, by the crafty laugh of recognition.
  • (2) In defence of Chelsea’s Diego Costa: a crafty, talented street fighter | Chris Taylor Read more Facebook Twitter Pinterest One of the clashes involving Chelsea’s Diego Costa Laurent Koscielny of Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
  • (3) Manchester Craft and Design Centre, 17 Oak Street, Manchester, M4 5JD; Mon-Fri 9am–5pm; 07850 894 752; ministryofcraft.co.uk The Viking Loom Independent but with huge in-store stock, this is an Aladdin's cave of all things crafty.
  • (4) Or on one he didn't like: "I can admire Bacon's crafty use of paint, though it tends towards gimmickry.
  • (5) The news that snails have a homing instinct – which crafty gardeners can overcome by moving them more than 20 metres away from their home patch – may come as a surprise to some.
  • (6) But then the Tory message did none so well either, with a mere 12-seat majority , despite crafty bribery of select demographics, despite a Labour near collapse.
  • (7) This highly energetic picture isn't for everyone – but if you like your whimsical magical realism done up in an antic, extra-crafty style, this may just win your heart.
  • (8) No goals, and frankly not too much excitement either, though the Fulham manager, Martin Jol, did his best by setting off the fire alarms with a crafty cigarette before kick-off.
  • (9) Thor: The Dark World sees Chris Hemsworth's Asgardian prince forced to team up with Tom Hiddleston's crafty Loki to take down an even greater threat, Christopher Eccleston's nefarious Malekith.
  • (10) But in England, conservatism's story remains bound up with the Conservative party – and here, Cameron is found wanting, while Nigel Farage has enough craftiness and political leeway to make hay.
  • (11) North Korea has launched a vitriolic attack on the South Korean president, comparing her to "crafty prostitute" in thrall to her "pimp" Barack Obama.
  • (12) 3D printing has always been at the heart of this colourful, crafty community, empowering the DIY community to design and build their own artwork and products on 3D printers - and helping the technology edge slowly towards the mainstream.
  • (13) Or perhaps they just think that the oath might be taken in the eyes of God, and they’re worried that they’ll be murdered by an errant lightning bolt the second they pop outside for a crafty fag during double geography.
  • (14) Even today, there is a lot that can be lost by a reckless closure decision, and a lot preserved by a crafty innovation or the inter-authority co-operation that many are examining.
  • (15) In a crafty legal move, the conservative justices didn't strike down Section 5 of the law, which creates the system for "preclearance".
  • (16) He gets in some crafty digs at his medical colleagues.
  • (17) If I'm home in Kent, I feed my two spaniels, have a cup of tea and defend my digestive biscuits from being snaffled by my crafty dogs.
  • (18) Manufacturers don’t want shoppers to notice that they are getting less for their money, so they have become particularly crafty at concealing their shrinking products.
  • (19) Humility, he says, is greatly prized by the Masai and their other defining characteristics are also illuminating: “Very nice people, very jovial, very happy, very welcoming, very kind, very courageous … don’t like anyone who is a little bit crafty,” he says.
  • (20) He’s a very interesting person, of course, and crafty: he’s sending troops, but not sending them.