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put-on vs chicanery

chicanery vs put-on

put-on and chicanery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
put-on Yes No No No
chicanery Yes No No No
As nouns, chicanery is a hypernym of put-on; that is, chicanery is a word with a broader meaning than put-on:
  • put-on: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
  • chicanery: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Other hypernyms of put-on include chicane, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile.
put-on (noun) chicanery (noun)
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Difference between put-on and chicanery

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