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Chicanery vs Cunningness - What's the difference?

chicanery | cunningness |

As nouns the difference between chicanery and cunningness

is that chicanery is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge while cunningness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being cunning.

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

    cunningness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being cunning
  • (countable) A cunning act