deceiver vs fake

fake vs deceiver

deceiver and fake both are nouns.

deceiver is not an adjective while fake is an adjective.

deceiver is not a verb while fake is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deceiver	Yes	No	No	No
fake	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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

deceiver: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
fake: a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Other hyponyms of deceiver include bluffer, four-flusher, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler, decoy, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, defalcator, embezzler, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, counterfeiter, forger, fortune hunter, figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender, imitator, impersonator, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, liar, prevaricator, misleader, charlatan, mountebank, obscurantist, sandbagger, two-timer, utterer.

deceiver (noun)	fake (noun)
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
	a person who makes deceitful pretenses

deceiver (adjective)	fake (adjective)
	not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
	fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

deceiver (verb)	fake (verb)
	speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
	make a copy of with the intent to deceive
	tamper, with the purpose of deception

Difference between deceiver and fake

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