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
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Deceit as a noun:
An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
Examples:
"The whole conversation was merely a deceit."
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Deceit as a noun:
An act of deceiving someone.
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Deceit as a noun (uncountable):
The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
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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.
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Deception as a noun:
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.