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Overt vs Chicanery - What's the difference?

overt | chicanery |

As an adjective overt

is open and not secret nor concealed.

As a noun chicanery is

deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

overt

English

(wikipedia overt)

Adjective

(-)
  • Open and not secret nor concealed.

    • Derived terms

    * overtly * overtness

    Antonyms

    * covert * hidden

    Anagrams

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    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