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Exaggerate vs Misrepresent - What's the difference?

exaggerate | misrepresent |

As verbs the difference between exaggerate and misrepresent

is that exaggerate is to overstate, to describe more than is fact while misrepresent is to represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.

exaggerate

English

Verb

(exaggerat)
  • To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
    • I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate !
    He said he'd slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he's exaggerating . The real number is about ten.

    Synonyms

    * overexaggerate * overstate

    Antonyms

    * (overstate) downplay, understate

    Derived terms

    * exaggeratedly * exaggeratingly * exaggerative * exaggeratively * exaggerativeness * exaggerator * exaggeratory

    Related terms

    * exaggeration

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    misrepresent

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.

    • Derived terms

    * misrepresentation