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fraud vs wile

wile vs fraud

fraud and wile both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fraud Yes No No No
wile Yes No No No
As nouns, wile is a hypernym of fraud; that is, wile is a word with a broader meaning than fraud:
  • fraud: 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 fraud include chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery.
fraud (noun) wile (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 wile

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