Inveigle vs Deceive - What's the difference?
inveigle | deceive |
to convert, convince or win over with flattery or wiles
*
to obtain through guile or cunning
To trick or mislead.
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As verbs the difference between inveigle and deceive
is that inveigle is to convert, convince or win over with flattery or wiles while deceive is to trick or mislead.inveigle
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Verb
(inveigl)Usage notes
* Sometimes confused with (inveigh).deceive
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(deceiv)citation, page= , passage=Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.” }}
