Deceptive vs Profitless - What's the difference?
deceptive | profitless | Related terms |
misleading, likely or attempting to deceive
* Trench
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]:
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)- deceptive advertising
- deceptive practices
- language altogether deceptive , and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* deceptive advertising * deceptive cadence * deceptive cognateprofitless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I pray thee, cease thy counsel,
- Which falls into mine ears as profitless
- As water in a sieve...