fraud vs positive fraud

positive fraud vs fraud

fraud and positive fraud both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fraud	Yes	No	No	No
positive fraud	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, positive fraud is a hyponym of fraud; that is, positive fraud is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fraud:

fraud: intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
positive fraud: actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another

Other hyponyms of fraud include barratry, identity theft, mail fraud, election fraud, constructive fraud, legal fraud, collateral fraud, extrinsic fraud, fraud in fact, fraud in the factum, fraud in the inducement, intrinsic fraud, cheat, fraud, rig, swindle.

fraud (noun)	positive fraud (noun)
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person	actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another
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 positive fraud

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