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Lying vs Insincere - What's the difference?

lying | insincere |

As a verb lying

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun lying

is an act of telling a lie, or falsehood.

As an adjective insincere is

not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.

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?

    insincere

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.
    • Janice's added glares showed that her apology was insincere.
  • Not serious.

    • Antonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * insincerely * insincerity ----