beguiler vs decoy

decoy vs beguiler

beguiler and decoy both are nouns.

beguiler is not a verb while decoy is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beguiler	Yes	No	No	No
decoy	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, decoy is a hyponym of beguiler; that is, decoy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beguiler:

beguiler: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
decoy: a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)

Other hyponyms of beguiler include bluffer, four-flusher, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, defalcator, embezzler, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, counterfeiter, forger, fortune hunter, figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender, imitator, impersonator, fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, liar, prevaricator, misleader, charlatan, mountebank, obscurantist, sandbagger, two-timer, utterer.

beguiler (noun)	decoy (noun)
a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)	something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)

beguiler (verb)	decoy (verb)
	lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy

Difference between beguiler and decoy

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