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trickery vs fraud

fraud vs trickery

trickery and fraud both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
trickery Yes No No No
fraud Yes No No No
As nouns, fraud is a hyponym of trickery; that is, fraud 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)
  • fraud: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Other hyponyms of trickery include dupery, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on, jugglery.
trickery (noun) fraud (noun)
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Difference between trickery and fraud

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