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Deception vs Cautelous - What's the difference?

deception | cautelous |

As a noun deception

is an instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.

As an adjective cautelous is

skillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.

deception

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    cautelous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Skillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
  • I am not able to unfold, how this cautelous enterprise of licencing can be exempted from the number of vain and impossible attempts.
  • (obsolete) Cautious, careful.
  • * 1624 , , Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 140:
  • Some are of disposition fearefull, some bold, most cautelous , all Savage.