shenanigan vs deceit

shenanigan and deceit both are nouns.

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

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

shenanigan: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
deceit: the act of deceiving

Other hypernyms of shenanigan include deception, dissembling, dissimulation.

shenanigan (noun)	deceit (noun)
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others	the act of deceiving
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)	the quality of being fraudulent
	a misleading falsehood