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trickery vs deception

deception vs trickery

trickery and deception both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
trickery Yes No No No
deception Yes No No No
As nouns, deception is a hypernym of trickery; that is, deception is a word with a broader meaning than trickery:
  • trickery: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
  • deception: the act of deceiving
Other hypernyms of trickery include deceit, dissembling, dissimulation.
As nouns, deception is a hypernym of trickery; that is, deception is a word with a broader meaning than trickery:
  • trickery: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
  • deception: a misleading falsehood
Other hypernyms of trickery include deceit, misrepresentation.
trickery (noun) deception (noun)
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) the act of deceiving
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
a misleading falsehood
Difference between trickery and deception

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