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fraud vs chicanery

chicanery vs fraud

fraud and chicanery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fraud Yes No No No
chicanery Yes No No No
As nouns, chicanery is a hypernym of fraud; that is, chicanery is a word with a broader meaning than fraud:
  • fraud: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
  • chicanery: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Other hypernyms of fraud include chicane, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile.
fraud (noun) chicanery (noun)
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Difference between fraud and chicanery

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