deceit vs blind

blind vs deceit

deceit and blind both are nouns.

deceit is not an adjective while blind is an adjective.

deceit is not a verb while blind is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deceit	Yes	No	No	No
blind	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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

deceit: a misleading falsehood
blind: something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

Other hyponyms of deceit include bill of goods, humbug, snake oil, half-truth, facade, window dressing, exaggeration, magnification, overstatement, snow job, dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense, subterfuge, hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery, duplicity, fraudulence, equivocation, evasion.

deceit (noun)	blind (noun)
the act of deceiving	a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
the quality of being fraudulent	a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
a misleading falsehood	something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
	people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

deceit (adjective)	blind (adjective)
	unable to see
	not based on reason or evidence
	unable or unwilling to perceive or understand

deceit (verb)	blind (verb)
	make dim by comparison or conceal
	make blind by putting the eyes out
	render unable to see

Difference between deceit and blind

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