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dupery vs wile

wile vs dupery

dupery and wile both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dupery Yes No No No
wile Yes No No No
As nouns, wile is a hypernym of dupery; that is, wile is a word with a broader meaning than dupery:
  • dupery: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
  • wile: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Other hypernyms of dupery include chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery.
dupery (noun) wile (noun)
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Difference between dupery and wile

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