Deceptive vs Specious - What's the difference?
deceptive | specious |
misleading, likely or attempting to deceive
* Trench
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
*1776 , Thomas Paine,
*:I have frequently amused myself both in public and private companies, with silently remarking, the specious errors of those who speak without reflecting.
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
(obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
As adjectives the difference between deceptive and specious
is that deceptive is misleading, likely or attempting to deceive while specious is seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.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 cognatespecious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious , however good it may sound.