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Dissembling vs Lying - What's the difference?

dissembling | lying |

As nouns the difference between dissembling and lying

is that dissembling is the action of the verb dissemblelying is an act of telling a lie, or falsehood.

As verbs the difference between dissembling and lying

is that dissembling is present participle of lang=en while lying is present participle of lang=en.

dissembling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of the verb dissemble
  • * 2005 , C. L. Corey, Our Own Felicity: We Make Or Find (page 82)
    • The lies and dissemblings about this period are beyond most people's imaginations.

    Verb

    dissembles

    • lying

    English

    (wikipedia lying)

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1811 , , Sense and Sensibility The Free Library , Chapter 19:
    • Without shutting herself up from her family ... or lying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward..

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of telling a lie, or falsehood.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
  • * Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    • But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?