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Fallacy vs Misinformation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between fallacy and misinformation

is that fallacy is deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception while misinformation is information that is incorrect.

fallacy

English

(wikipedia fallacy)

Noun

(fallacies)
  • Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
  • (logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not. A specious argument.

    • Derived terms

    * logical fallacy * formal fallacy * informal fallacy

    Related terms

    * fail * fallacious * fallibilist * fallibilism * fallibility * fallible

    See also

    * sophism *

    External links

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    misinformation

    English

    (wikipedia misinformation)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Information that is incorrect.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * (l)

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