Difference between Sophistication and Sophism

What is the difference between Sophistication and Sophism?

Sophistication as a noun is enlightenment or education. while Sophism as a noun is a flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive. an intentional fallacy.

Sophistication

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Enlightenment or education. Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire. Deceptive logic; sophistry. Falsification or contamination. Complexity

Example sentence: Being a Chicano in Hollywood, my experience is that you're not given credit for any sophistication... You're just kind of some guy that just crossed the border, you know, on the back of a truck and that's it.

Sophism

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive. An intentional fallacy.

We hope you now know whether to use Sophistication or Sophism in your sentence.

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