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Charlatan vs Deceitful - What's the difference?

charlatan | deceitful |

As adjectives the difference between charlatan and deceitful

is that charlatan is said of someone who talks frivolously while deceitful is deliberately misleading or cheating.

As a noun charlatan

is charlatan, quack.

charlatan

English

(wikipedia charlatan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.

    • Synonyms

    * swindler * mountebank * fraudster * con-artist * conman * imposter, impostor * fraud * phony * fake * See also

    Related terms

    * charlatanism * charlatanry

    deceitful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * deceiptful (obsolete) * deceiptfull (obsolete) * deceitfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • deliberately misleading or cheating
  • deceptive in multiple ways

    • Synonyms

    * See also