Puffery vs Deceit - What's the difference?
puffery | deceit |
An act of puffing.
Fulsome public praise.
An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick
An act of deceiving someone
* {{quote-book, year=1998, author=Mike Dixon-Kennedy, title=Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology, page=125, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=2U7okUE3PIcC&pg=PA125
, passage=Upon his return he killed Eriphyle for her vanity and deceit of him and his father. }}
(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive
* {{quote-book, year=1611, title=King James Bible, chapter=Psalms 10:7
, passage=His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.}}
(legal) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
As nouns the difference between puffery and deceit
is that puffery is an act of puffing while deceit is an act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.puffery
English
(wikipedia puffery)Noun
(pufferies)Derived terms
* puff pieceSee also
Wordnet Definition: (n) puffery - a flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes)]: [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/license Wordnet License
deceit
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The whole conversation was merely a deceit .