Mischievous vs Deceptive - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between mischievous and deceptive

is that mischievous is causing mischief; injurious while deceptive is .

* mischievious, mischevious (common misspellings)

(en adjective)

Causing mischief; injurious.

Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.

Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.

* (causing mischief) harmful, hurtful, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, destructive; see also * (badly-behaved) badly-behaved, naughty

* mischievously * mischievousness

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(en adjective)

misleading, likely or attempting to deceive

deceptive advertising

deceptive practices

* Trench

language altogether deceptive , and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes

* See also

* deceptive advertising * deceptive cadence * deceptive cognate