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Conspiracy vs Hoax - What's the difference?

conspiracy | hoax |

As nouns the difference between conspiracy and hoax

is that conspiracy is the act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations while hoax is anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

As a verb hoax is

to deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. (scam.

conspiracy

English

(wikipedia conspiracy)

Noun

(conspiracies)
  • The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
  • (legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
  • A group of ravens.
  • (linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.

    • Derived terms

    * conspiracy of silence * conspiracy theory

    Related terms

    * conspire * conspirator

    hoax

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. (scam)

    • Derived terms

    * hoaxer * hoaxster (rare)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

    • Synonyms

    * (deliberately false story or report) canard

    Derived terms

    * (deliberately false story or report) hoaxical, Hoaxocaust