Smokescreen vs Deception - What's the difference?
smokescreen | deception |
Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.
As nouns the difference between smokescreen and deception
is that smokescreen is smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle while deception is an instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.smokescreen
English
(wikipedia smokescreen)Alternative forms
* smoke screenNoun
(en noun)- All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.