slick vs cunning
cunning vs slickslick and cunning both are nouns.
slick and cunning both are adjectives.
slick is a verb but cunning is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slick | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| cunning | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As adjectives,
slick and cunning
are synonyms defined as:
- slick and cunning: marked by skill in deception
| slick (noun) | cunning (noun) |
|---|---|
| a trowel used to make a surface slick | crafty artfulness (especially in deception) |
| a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception |
| a slippery smoothness | |
| a magazine printed on good quality paper |
| slick (adjective) | cunning (adjective) |
|---|---|
| marked by skill in deception | showing inventiveness and skill |
| having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk | marked by skill in deception |
| having only superficial plausibility | attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness |
| made slick by e.g. ice or grease | |
| superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject |
| slick (verb) | cunning (verb) |
|---|---|
| give a smooth and glossy appearance | |
| make slick or smooth |
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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