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Deceptive vs Incorrect - What's the difference?

deceptive | incorrect | Related terms |

Deceptive is a related term of incorrect.


As adjectives the difference between deceptive and incorrect

is that deceptive is while incorrect is not correct; erroneous or wrong.

deceptive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • misleading, likely or attempting to deceive
  • deceptive advertising
    deceptive practices
  • * Trench
  • language altogether deceptive , and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * deceptive advertising * deceptive cadence * deceptive cognate

    incorrect

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
  • * He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question
  • Faulty or defective.
  • * The PC crashed due to incorrect programming
  • Inappropriate or improper.
  • * He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary
  • Antonyms

    * correct * right * proper

    Derived terms

    * incorrectly * incorrectness