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knavery vs treachery

treachery vs knavery

knavery and treachery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
knavery Yes No No No
treachery Yes No No No
As nouns, treachery is a hyponym of knavery; that is, treachery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than knavery:
  • knavery: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
  • treachery: an act of deliberate betrayal
Other hyponyms of knavery include betrayal, perfidy, treason, charlatanism, quackery, trick, falsehood, falsification.
knavery (noun) treachery (noun)
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing an act of deliberate betrayal
betrayal of a trust
Difference between knavery and treachery

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