hoax vs shenanigan

hoax and shenanigan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hoax	Yes	No	Yes	No
shenanigan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shenanigan is a hypernym of hoax; that is, shenanigan is a word with a broader meaning than hoax:

hoax: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
shenanigan: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Other hypernyms of hoax include chicane, chicanery, guile, trickery, wile.

hoax (noun)	shenanigan (noun)
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage	reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
	the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

hoax (verb)	shenanigan (verb)
subject to a playful hoax or joke