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Deceiving vs Ingenuous - What's the difference?

deceiving | ingenuous |

As a verb deceiving

is .

As a noun deceiving

is deception.

As an adjective ingenuous is

naive and trusting.

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

    ingenuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Naive and trusting.
  • Demonstrating childlike simplicity.
  • * 1919 ,
    • "Do you mean to say you didn't leave your wife for another woman?"
    "Of course not."
    "On your word of honour?"
    I don't know why I asked for that. It was very ingenuous of me.
  • Unsophisticated; simple.
  • Unable to mask one's feelings.
  • Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * disingenuous

    Usage notes

    Do not confuse with ingenious.