The difference between Deceit and Fraud

When used as nouns, deceit means an act or practice intended to deceive, whereas fraud means the crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

Fraud is also verb with the meaning: to defraud.

check bellow for the other definitions of Deceit and Fraud

  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. Fraud as a noun (law):

    The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

  2. Fraud as a noun:

    Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.

  3. Fraud as a noun:

    The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

  4. Fraud as a noun:

    A person who performs any such trick.

  5. Fraud as a noun (obsolete):

    A trap or snare.

  1. Fraud as a verb (obsolete):

    To defraud

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