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Devious vs Misleading - What's the difference?

devious | misleading | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between devious and misleading

is that devious is deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard while misleading is deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.

As a verb misleading is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun misleading is

a deception that misleads.

devious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
  • * 1839 , Frederick Marryat, The Phantom Ship
    • Keeping close in to the shore, they discovered, after two hours run, a fresh stream which burst in a cascade from the mountains, and swept its devious course through the jungle, until it poured its tribute into the waters of the Strait.

    misleading

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.

    • Derived terms

    * unmisleading

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deception that misleads.
  • * 2012 , Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said (page 70)
    • According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.

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