WordCmp.com

wile vs dissembling

dissembling vs wile

wile and dissembling both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wile Yes No No No
dissembling Yes No No No
As nouns, dissembling is a hypernym of wile; that is, dissembling is a word with a broader meaning than wile:
  • wile: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
  • dissembling: the act of deceiving
Other hypernyms of wile include deceit, deception, dissimulation.
wile (noun) dissembling (noun)
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) the act of deceiving
pretending with intention to deceive
Difference between wile and dissembling

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.