Evasive vs Misleading - What's the difference?
evasive | misleading | Synonyms |
Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action .
A deception that misleads.
* 2012 , Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said (page 70)
Evasive is a synonym of misleading.
As adjectives the difference between evasive and misleading
is that evasive is while misleading is deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.As a verb misleading is
.As a noun misleading is
a deception that misleads.evasive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* elusive, slippery, shifty, cagey, elusory, sly, noncommital * unclear, vague, equivocal, ambiguous * tricky, deceitful, deviousDerived terms
* (l) * (l)misleading
English
Derived terms
* unmisleadingVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.