Delude vs Denude - What's the difference?
delude | denude |
To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
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* Burke
(obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.
* Dryden
To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.
As verbs the difference between delude and denude
is that delude is to deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe while denude is to divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.delude
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Verb
(delud)citation, page= , passage=Ralph Wiggum is generally employed as a bottomless fount of glorious non sequiturs, but in “I Love Lisa” he stands in for every oblivious chump who ever deluded himself into thinking that with persistence, determination, and a pure heart he can win the girl of his dreams. }}
- To delude the nation by an airy phantom.
- It deludes thy search.