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Tricky vs Deceitful - What's the difference?

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Tricky is a related term of deceitful.


As adjectives the difference between tricky and deceitful

is that tricky is hard to deal with, complicated while deceitful is deliberately misleading or cheating.

tricky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • hard to deal with, complicated
    • They were in a tricky situation.
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  • adept at using deception
    • A tricky salesman can sell anything.

    Related terms

    * trick

    See also

    * sneaky

    deceitful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * deceiptful (obsolete) * deceiptfull (obsolete) * deceitfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • deliberately misleading or cheating
  • deceptive in multiple ways

    • Synonyms

    * See also