Deceitful vs Delusive - What's the difference?
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Producing delusions.
Delusional.
Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.
* 1849 , Charlotte Brontë, Shirley
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Deceitful is a related term of delusive.
As adjectives the difference between deceitful and delusive
is that deceitful is deliberately misleading or cheating while delusive is producing delusions.deceitful
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Alternative forms
* deceiptful (obsolete) * deceiptfull (obsolete) * deceitfull (archaic)Synonyms
* See alsodelusive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- It seemed calculated to suggest ideas she had no intention to suggest — ideas delusive and disturbing.