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Sophistry vs Artifice - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sophistry and artifice

is that sophistry is (uncountable) cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery while artifice is craftsman, artificer.

sophistry

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery.
  • *"Such conduct is at any rate not sophistical, if Aristotle be right in describing sophistry as the art of making money." 1844 - Søren Kierkegaard in Philosophical Fragments (Philosophiske Smuler eller En Smule Philosophi)
  • (uncountable) The art of using deceptive speech or writing.
  • (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.

    • Related terms

    * Sophia * sophism * sophist * sophistication

    See also

    * demagogy * rhetoric

    artifice

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a crafty but underhanded deception
  • a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse
  • a strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture
  • a tactical move to gain advantage

    • Related terms

    * artificial ----