Chicanery vs Shenanigans - What's the difference?
chicanery | shenanigans |
Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
(countable, legal) A slick performance by a lawyer.
Mischievous play, especially by children.
Deceitful trick(s); trickery, games.
As nouns the difference between chicanery and shenanigans
is that chicanery is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge while shenanigans is mischievous play, especially by children.chicanery
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* (deception) dishonesty, fraud, trickery, subterfugeSee also
* (performance by a lawyer) Philadelphia lawyershenanigans
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(en-plural noun)- Billy and Tom are playing noisily upstairs again. They're up to their usual shenanigans .
- You should learn to spot their shenanigans and avoid being fooled.
- The advertisement said it would cost $50, but they charged me $75 at the register. I declare shenanigans .