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trickery vs dupery

dupery vs trickery

trickery and dupery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
trickery Yes No No No
dupery Yes No No No
As nouns, dupery is a hyponym of trickery; that is, dupery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than trickery:
  • trickery: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
  • dupery: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Other hyponyms of trickery include fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on, jugglery.
trickery (noun) dupery (noun)
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
Difference between trickery and dupery

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