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Deceive vs Misconceive - What's the difference?

deceive | misconceive |

As verbs the difference between deceive and misconceive

is that deceive is to trick or mislead while misconceive is to misunderstand.

deceive

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Verb

(deceiv)
  • To trick or mislead.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club 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.” }}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * deception * deceptive * deceit

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    misconceive

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to misunderstand
  • * 1694, William Congreve, The Double-Dealer
    • Nay, misconceive me not, madam, when I say I have had a gen'rous and a faithful passion, which you had never favoured, but through revenge and policy.

    Derived terms

    * misconception