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deceiver vs phony

phony vs deceiver

deceiver and phony both are nouns.

deceiver is not an adjective while phony is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deceiver Yes No No No
phony Yes Yes No No
As nouns, phony is a hyponym of deceiver; that is, phony is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deceiver:
  • deceiver: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
  • phony: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
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, pretender, imitator, impersonator, fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, liar, prevaricator, misleader, charlatan, mountebank, obscurantist, sandbagger, two-timer, utterer.
deceiver (noun) phony (noun)
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
deceiver (adjective) phony (adjective)
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
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