different between chicanery vs stratagem

English

Etymology

From French chicanerie (“trickery”), from chicaner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ke?n(?)?i/

Noun

chicanery (countable and uncountable, plural chicaneries)

1. Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
2. (countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.

Synonyms

• (deception): dishonesty, fraud, trickery, subterfuge

Related terms

• chicane

Translations

See also

• (performance by a lawyer): Philadelphia lawyer

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “chicanery”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

From Middle English *stratageme, from Old French stratageme, from Latin strategema, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (strat?g?ma, “the act of a general, a piece of generalship”), from ????????? (strat?gé?, “to be a general, command an army”), from ????????? (strat?gós, “a general, the leader or commander of an army”). See strategy.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?st?æt.?.d??m/

Noun

stratagem (plural stratagems)

1. A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
   • 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]:

     While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival.

Related terms

• strategic
• strategist
• strategy

Translations

Further reading

• stratagem at OneLook Dictionary Search

Old French

Etymology

From Latin strategema, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (strat?g?ma).

Noun

stratagem m (oblique plural stratagens, nominative singular stratagens, nominative plural stratagem)

1. strategy; stratagem