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Chicanery vs Cogent - What's the difference?

chicanery | cogent |

As a noun chicanery

is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

As an adjective cogent is

reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.

chicanery

English

Noun

  • Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
  • (countable, legal) A slick performance by a lawyer.

    • Synonyms

    * (deception) dishonesty, fraud, trickery, subterfuge

    See also

    * (performance by a lawyer) Philadelphia lawyer

    cogent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
  • Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
  • Forcefully persuasive.
    • She presented a cogent argument, convincing her audience of the truth of her proposition.

    Derived terms

    * cogency