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Deviousness vs Chicanery - What's the difference?

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Deviousness is a related term of chicanery.


As nouns the difference between deviousness and chicanery

is that deviousness is the characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness while chicanery is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

deviousness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.

    • chicanery

    English

    Noun

  • Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
  • (countable, legal) A slick performance by a lawyer.

    • Synonyms

    * (deception) dishonesty, fraud, trickery, subterfuge

    See also

    * (performance by a lawyer) Philadelphia lawyer