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chicanery vs deception

deception vs chicanery

chicanery and deception both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chicanery Yes No No No
deception Yes No No No
As nouns, deception is a hypernym of chicanery; that is, deception is a word with a broader meaning than chicanery:
  • chicanery: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
  • deception: the act of deceiving
Other hypernyms of chicanery include deceit, dissembling, dissimulation.
chicanery (noun) deception (noun)
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) the act of deceiving
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
a misleading falsehood
Difference between chicanery and deception

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