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Circumventive vs Deceitful - What's the difference?

circumventive | deceitful | Related terms |

Circumventive is a related term of deceitful.


As adjectives the difference between circumventive and deceitful

is that circumventive is evading]] or [[overcome|overcoming some protective measure while deceitful is deliberately misleading or cheating.

circumventive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • evading]] or [[overcome, overcoming some protective measure.
    • A circumventive unauthorised user was accessing secure information.

    deceitful

    English

    Alternative forms

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

    Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * See also