Craft
Craft noun - Subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something.
Usage example: a really ingenious household appliance that shows a lot of craft on the part of its inventors
Knack is a synonym for craft in skill topic. In some cases you can use "Knack" instead a noun "Craft", when it comes to topics like ability, expertise.
Knack
Knack noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: she's tried every knack in Cupid's book to get her guy to marry her
Craft is a synonym for knack in ability topic. You can use "Craft" instead a noun "Knack", if it concerns topics such as skill.
Nearby Words: knacker, knackery
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Both words in one sentence
- The Ace Pilot Scotty Tremaine, despite his preference and obvious knack, gets promoted to command a squadron of cruisers, but his superiors know of it and give him this post so he could gather some experience beyond the small-craft operations.
Source: The Peter Principle
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