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Lying vs Untruthful - What's the difference?

lying | untruthful |

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 untruthful is

not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.

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?

    untruthful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.
  • Pertaining to falsehood; corrupt; dishonest.

    • Antonyms

    * truthful

    Derived terms

    * untruthfully * untruthfulness