Deceit vs Coitus - What's the difference?
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An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick
An act of deceiving someone
* {{quote-book, year=1998, author=Mike Dixon-Kennedy, title=Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology, page=125, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=2U7okUE3PIcC&pg=PA125
, passage=Upon his return he killed Eriphyle for her vanity and deceit of him and his father. }}
(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive
* {{quote-book, year=1611, title=King James Bible, chapter=Psalms 10:7
, passage=His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.}}
(legal) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
The coming together of male and female sex organs, sometimes in the act of sexual procreation; the male's penis is inserted into the female's vagina, usually until orgasm and ejaculation of semen occur; copulation.
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As nouns the difference between deceit and coitus
is that deceit is an act or practice intended to deceive; a trick while coitus is the coming together of male and female sex organs, sometimes in the act of sexual procreation; the male's penis is inserted into the female's vagina, usually until orgasm and ejaculation of semen occur; copulation.deceit
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The whole conversation was merely a deceit .
Synonyms
* (act or behavior intended to deceive) trick, fraud * (act of deceiving) deception, trickery * (state of being deceptive) underhandedness, deceptiveness, deceitfulness, dissimulation, fraudulence, trickery * See alsoDerived terms
* deceitfulcoitus
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(wikipedia coitus) (a little too encyclopedic)Alternative forms
* (rare)Noun
(-)screenplay(revised first draft), act one, scene A (page 26):
- : Uh-huh.
Wolowitz: And you want us out because you’re anticipating coitus'?
Leonard: No, she’s just a friend.
Wolowitz: So she’s available for ' coitus ?
Leonard: No, she’s – –