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deception vs humbug

humbug vs deception

deception and humbug both are nouns.

deception is not a verb while humbug is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deception Yes No No No
humbug Yes No Yes No
As nouns, humbug is a hyponym of deception; that is, humbug is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deception:
  • deception: a misleading falsehood
  • humbug: communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
Other hyponyms of deception include bill of goods, snake oil, half-truth, facade, window dressing, exaggeration, magnification, overstatement, snow job, dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense, blind, subterfuge, hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery, duplicity, fraudulence, equivocation, evasion.
deception (noun) humbug (noun)
the act of deceiving something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers pretentious or silly talk or writing
a misleading falsehood communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
deception (verb) humbug (verb)
trick or deceive
Difference between deception and humbug

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