Chicanery vs Specious - What's the difference?
chicanery | specious |
Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
(countable, legal) A slick performance by a lawyer.
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
*1776 , Thomas Paine,
*:I have frequently amused myself both in public and private companies, with silently remarking, the specious errors of those who speak without reflecting.
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
(obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
As a noun chicanery
is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.As an adjective specious is
seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.chicanery
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Noun
Synonyms
* (deception) dishonesty, fraud, trickery, subterfugeSee also
* (performance by a lawyer) Philadelphia lawyerspecious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious , however good it may sound.