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trickery vs humbug

humbug vs trickery

trickery and humbug both are nouns.

trickery is not a verb while humbug is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
trickery Yes No No No
humbug Yes No Yes No
As nouns, humbug is a hyponym of trickery; that is, humbug 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)
  • humbug: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Other hyponyms of trickery include dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on, jugglery.
trickery (noun) humbug (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 pretentious or silly talk or writing
communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
trickery (verb) humbug (verb)
trick or deceive
Difference between trickery and humbug

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