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Carious vs Deceitful - What's the difference?

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Carious is a related term of deceitful.


As adjectives the difference between carious and deceitful

is that carious is having caries; decayed while deceitful is deliberately misleading or cheating.

carious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having caries; decayed.
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  • * 1840 William Percivall, Hippopathology: a treatise on the disorders and lameness of the horse
    • My father's museum contained several preparations of carious teeth.

    deceitful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * deceiptful (obsolete) * deceiptfull (obsolete) * deceitfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • deliberately misleading or cheating
  • deceptive in multiple ways

    • Synonyms

    * See also