Treachery vs Collusion - What's the difference?
treachery | collusion |
Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
Treason.
A secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy.
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As nouns the difference between treachery and collusion
is that treachery is deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith while collusion is a secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy.treachery
English
Noun
(treacheries)Synonyms
* Punic faith * treacherousnessDerived terms
* treacher * treacherousExternal links
* * * *collusion
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(en noun)Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}