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Deceived vs Deceiving - What's the difference?

deceived | deceiving |

As verbs the difference between deceived and deceiving

is that deceived is past tense of deceive while deceiving is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun deceiving is

deception.

deceived

English

Verb

(head)
  • (deceive)

    • 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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    deceiving

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • deception
  • * Bible, 2 Peter 2:13
    • And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you