Difference between Shrewd and Conniving

What is the difference between Shrewd and Conniving?

Shrewd as an adjective is showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters while Conniving as an adjective is that connives; conspiratorial

Shrewd

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters artful, tricky or cunning streetwise

Example sentence: They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that.

Conniving

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Often followed by with: to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: That connives; conspiratorial

We hope you now know whether to use Shrewd or Conniving in your sentence.

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