deceive vs catfish

catfish vs deceive

deceive is not a noun while catfish is a noun.

deceive and catfish both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deceive	No	No	Yes	No
catfish	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, catfish is a hyponym of deceive; that is, catfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deceive:

deceive: cause someone to believe an untruth
catfish: To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity

Other hyponyms of deceive include impersonate, personate, pose, bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow, befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in.

deceive (noun)	catfish (noun)
	any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
	large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
	flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed

deceive (verb)	catfish (verb)
cause someone to believe an untruth	To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity
be false to; be dishonest with

Difference between deceive and catfish

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