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deceit vs humbug

humbug vs deceit

deceit and humbug both are nouns.

deceit is not a verb while humbug is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deceit Yes No No No
humbug Yes No Yes No
As nouns, humbug is a hyponym of deceit; that is, humbug is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deceit:
  • deceit: a misleading falsehood
  • humbug: communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
Other hyponyms of deceit include bill of goods, snake oil, half-truth, facade, window dressing, exaggeration, magnification, overstatement, snow job, dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense, blind, subterfuge, hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery, duplicity, fraudulence, equivocation, evasion.
deceit (noun) humbug (noun)
the act of deceiving something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
the quality of being fraudulent pretentious or silly talk or writing
a misleading falsehood communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
deceit (verb) humbug (verb)
trick or deceive
Difference between deceit and humbug

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