The difference between Deceit and Deception

When used as nouns, deceit means an act or practice intended to deceive, whereas deception means an instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.


check bellow for the other definitions of Deceit and Deception

  1. Deceit as a noun:

    An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

    Examples:

    "The whole conversation was merely a deceit."

  2. Deceit as a noun:

    An act of deceiving someone.

  3. Deceit as a noun (uncountable):

    The state of being deceitful or deceptive.

  4. Deceit as a noun (legal):

    The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.

  1. Deception as a noun:

    An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.