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knavery vs falsehood

falsehood vs knavery

knavery and falsehood both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
knavery Yes No No No
falsehood Yes No No No
As nouns, falsehood is a hyponym of knavery; that is, falsehood is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than knavery:
  • knavery: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
  • falsehood: the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
Other hyponyms of knavery include betrayal, perfidy, treachery, treason, charlatanism, quackery, trick, falsification.
knavery (noun) falsehood (noun)
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
a false statement
Difference between knavery and falsehood

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