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Calculating vs Cruel - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between calculating and cruel

is that calculating is which has the ability to calculate while cruel is not nice; mean; heartless.

As verbs the difference between calculating and cruel

is that calculating is present participle of lang=en while cruel is to spoil or ruin (one's chance of success.

calculating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (especially of a robot) Which has the ability to calculate.
  • (especially of a person) Which serves one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
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  • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating ? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • cruel

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Not nice; mean; heartless.
  • The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.
  • (slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
  • Synonyms

    * brutal * sadistic * vicious

    Antonyms

    * merciful

    Derived terms

    * cruelly

    Verb

  • To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
  • Anagrams

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