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Deceitful vs Wileful - What's the difference?

deceitful | wileful |

As adjectives the difference between deceitful and wileful

is that deceitful is deliberately misleading or cheating while wileful is full of wiles; deceitful.

deceitful

English

Alternative forms

* deceiptful (obsolete) * deceiptfull (obsolete) * deceitfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • deliberately misleading or cheating
  • deceptive in multiple ways

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    wileful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Full of wiles; deceitful.
    • (Webster 1913)