double-dealing vs deception

deception vs double-dealing

double-dealing and deception both are nouns.

double-dealing is an adjective but deception is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
double-dealing	Yes	Yes	No	No
deception	Yes	No	No	No

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

double-dealing: acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
deception: the act of deceiving

Other hypernyms of double-dealing include deceit, dissembling, dissimulation.

double-dealing (noun)	deception (noun)
acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another	the act of deceiving
	an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
	a misleading falsehood

double-dealing (adjective)	deception (adjective)
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

Difference between double-dealing and deception

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