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Hoodwink vs Dupe - What's the difference?

hoodwink | dupe |

Dupe is a synonym of hoodwink.



As verbs the difference between hoodwink and dupe

is that hoodwink is to cover the eyes with a hood; to blindfold while dupe is to swindle, deceive, or trick.

As a noun dupe is

a person who has been deceived.

hoodwink

English

(wikipedia hoodwink)

Verb

(en verb)
  • (archaic) To cover the eyes with a hood; to blindfold.
  • * , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1 p.81:
    • Some there are, that through feare anticipate the hangmans hand; as he did, whose friends having obtained his pardon, and putting away the cloth wherewith he was hood-winkt , that he might heare it read, was found starke dead upon the scaffold, wounded only by the stroke of imagination.
  • To deceive or trick.
    • I feel like the salesman hoodwinked me into buying right away.

    dupe

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Verb

    (dup)
  • To swindle, deceive, or trick.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has been deceived.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Related terms
    * dupery

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of duplicate

    Verb

    (dup)
  • To duplicate.
    • Can you dupe this photo for me?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (photography) A duplicate of a photographic image.
  • (restaurant industry) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
  • (informal) A duplicate.
    • Synonyms
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