deception vs deceit

deception and deceit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deception	Yes	No	No	No
deceit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, deception and deceit are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of deception include dissembling, dissimulation.

As nouns, deception and deceit are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of deception include misrepresentation.

deception (noun)	deceit (noun)
the act of deceiving	the act of deceiving
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers	the quality of being fraudulent
a misleading falsehood	a misleading falsehood