different between treachery vs trickery

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

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /t??.k?.?i/

Noun

trickery (countable and uncountable, plural trickeries)

1. (uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior.
2. (uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture.
3. (uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
4. (countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc.
   • 1898, Bret Harte, "See UP" in Stories in Light and Shadow:

     The miners found diversions even in his alleged frauds and trickeries . . . and were fond of relating with great gusto his evasion of the Foreign Miners' Tax.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:deception

Translations

References

• trickery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.