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Deceitful vs Unethical - What's the difference?

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Deceitful is a related term of unethical.


As adjectives the difference between deceitful and unethical

is that deceitful is deliberately misleading or cheating while unethical is not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical.

deceitful

English

Alternative forms

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

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    unethical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical.
    • The corporation was accused of unethical behavior for knowingly producing a product suspected of harming health.

    Antonyms

    * ethical