Deceive vs Disappoint - What's the difference?
deceive | disappoint |
To trick or mislead.
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To displease by e.g. underperforming
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As verbs the difference between deceive and disappoint
is that deceive is to trick or mislead while disappoint is to displease by e.g. underperforming.deceive
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* (obsolete)Verb
(deceiv)citation, page= , passage=Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.” }}
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Verb
- His lack of respect disappointed her.
- I am disappointed by this year's revenue.