deceive vs play a trick on

deceive and play a trick on both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deceive	No	No	Yes	No
play a trick on	No	No	Yes	No

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

deceive: be false to; be dishonest with
play a trick on: deceive somebody

Other hyponyms of deceive include betray, sell, cheat, chisel, shill, flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick, befool, fool, gull, betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander, hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg, ensnare, entrap, frame, set up, humbug.

deceive (verb)	play a trick on (verb)
cause someone to believe an untruth	deceive somebody
be false to; be dishonest with

deceive vs play a trick on

deceive and play a trick on both are verbs.

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