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Deceptive vs Profitless - What's the difference?

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Deceptive is a related term of profitless.


As adjectives the difference between deceptive and profitless

is that deceptive is while profitless is not yielding profit.

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

    profitless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not yielding profit
  • * 1600 , Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing , [http://books.google.com/books?id=2Bs-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=profitless+shakespeare+much+ado+about+nothing&source=bl&ots=v6uUj5WO9y&sig=S9PwJ9Pr2ZPnHLa19vMJ3-cWXkg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TGl1UO_rCuGSyQHY5ICADg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=profitless%20shakespeare%20much%20ado%20about%20nothing&f=false]:
  • I pray thee, cease thy counsel,
    Which falls into mine ears as profitless
    As water in a sieve...