different between treachery vs swike

English

Etymology

From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”), from Middle Dutch trek (“a trick”), from trekken (“to draw, play a trick on”). More at trick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??t???i/, /?t??t??i/

Noun

treachery (countable and uncountable, plural treacheries)

1. Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
2. The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
3. Treason.

Synonyms

• Punic faith
• treacherousness

Derived terms

• treacher
• treacherous

Related terms

• trick
• trickster
• tricky

Translations

Further reading

• “treachery” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• treachery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• treachery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• treachery at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle English swiken, from Old English sw?can (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *sw?kwan, from Proto-Germanic *sw?kwan?, *sw?kan? (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

swike (third-person singular simple present swikes, present participle swiking, simple past swoke, past participle swicken)

1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To deceive, cheat; betray.
2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To stop, blin, cease.

Related terms

• beswike

Adjective

swike (comparative more swike, superlative most swike)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Deceitful; treacherous.

Noun

swike (plural swikes)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Deceit; treachery.
2. (dialectal or obsolete) A deceiver; betrayer, traitor.
3. (dialectal or obsolete) A hiding place; den; cave.

Anagrams

• Weiks, Wikes, kwise, wikes

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien ????? (súi-ke, “frog”, literally “water; river + fowl; chicken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?swike]
• Hyphenation: swi?ké

Noun

swiké (first-person possessive swikeku, second-person possessive swikemu, third-person possessive swikenya)

1. (cooking) swikee, a frog leg cuisine.

Further reading

• “swike” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.