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disingenuousness vs guile

guile vs disingenuousness

disingenuousness and guile both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
disingenuousness Yes No No No
guile Yes No No No
As nouns, guile is a hyponym of disingenuousness; that is, guile is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disingenuousness:
  • disingenuousness: the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
  • guile: the quality of being crafty
Other hyponyms of disingenuousness include craftiness, artfulness, deceitfulness, mercenariness.
disingenuousness (noun) guile (noun)
the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
the quality of being crafty
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Difference between disingenuousness and guile

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