deception vs misrepresentation

deception and misrepresentation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, misrepresentation is a hypernym of deception; that is, misrepresentation is a word with a broader meaning than deception:

Other hypernyms of deception include falsification.

As nouns, deception and misrepresentation are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of deception include deceit.

deception (noun)	misrepresentation (noun)
the act of deceiving	a willful perversion of facts
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers	a misleading falsehood
a misleading falsehood