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Deception vs Spoofing - What's the difference?

deception | spoofing |

As nouns the difference between deception and spoofing

is that deception is disappointment while spoofing is the action of the verb to spoof .

As a verb spoofing is

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deception

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * deceive * deceptive

    spoofing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to spoof .
  • (computing) A method of attacking a computer program, in which the program is modified so as to appear to be working normally when in reality it has been modified with the purpose to circumvent security mechanisms.
  • (computing) Phishing.