carny vs inventive

carny

noun
  • A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). 

  • A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). (Australia) 

  • A carnival. 

  • Flattery. 

  • The jargon used by carnival workers. 

verb
  • To cajole, wheedle, or coax. 

inventive

adj
  • Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes. 

  • Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing. 

  • Purposefully fictive 

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