Difference between Guile and Wile

What is the difference between Guile and Wile?

Guile as a noun is astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception. while Wile as a noun is a trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice

Guile

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception. deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to deceive, to beguile

Wile

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To entice or lure, "to pass the time".

We hope you now know whether to use Guile or Wile in your sentence.

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