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Chicanery vs Machination - What's the difference?

chicanery | machination |

As nouns the difference between chicanery and machination

is that chicanery is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge while machination is a clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.

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

    machination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
  • The act of machinating or plotting.

    • Related terms

    * machinal * machinate

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