cunning vs slick
slick vs cunningcunning and slick both are nouns.
cunning and slick both are adjectives.
cunning is not a verb while slick is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cunning | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| slick | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As adjectives,
cunning and slick
are synonyms defined as:
- cunning and slick: marked by skill in deception
| cunning (noun) | slick (noun) |
|---|---|
| crafty artfulness (especially in deception) | a trowel used to make a surface slick |
| shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water |
| a slippery smoothness | |
| a magazine printed on good quality paper |
| cunning (adjective) | slick (adjective) |
|---|---|
| showing inventiveness and skill | marked by skill in deception |
| marked by skill in deception | having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk |
| attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness | having only superficial plausibility |
| made slick by e.g. ice or grease | |
| superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject |
| cunning (verb) | slick (verb) |
|---|---|
| give a smooth and glossy appearance | |
| make slick or smooth |
Words related to "cunning"
Words related to "slick"
- artful
- bright
- comb
- comb out
- crafty
- cunning
- disentangle
- dodgy
- facile
- film
- foxy
- glib
- glossy
- guileful
- knavish
- mag
- magazine
- neat
- oil slick
- pat
- plausible
- polish
- satiny
- shine
- silken
- silklike
- silky
- sleek
- sleek down
- slick down
- slick magazine
- slickness
- slip
- slipperiness
- slippery
- slippy
- sly
- smooth
- smoothen
- smoothness
- superficial
- tricksy
- tricky
- trowel
- wily
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