hocus-pocus vs deception

hocus-pocus and deception both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hocus-pocus	Yes	No	No	No
deception	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, deception is a hypernym of hocus-pocus; that is, deception is a word with a broader meaning than hocus-pocus:

hocus-pocus: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
deception: a misleading falsehood

Other hypernyms of hocus-pocus include deceit, misrepresentation.

hocus-pocus (noun)	deception (noun)
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way	the act of deceiving
a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.	an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
	a misleading falsehood