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fraud vs trickery

trickery vs fraud

fraud and trickery both are nouns.

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

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