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Mendacity vs Lying - What's the difference?

mendacity | lying | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between mendacity and lying

is that mendacity is the fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty while lying is an act of telling a lie, or falsehood.

As a verb lying is

present participle of lang=en.

mendacity

English

Noun

(mendacities)
  • The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
  • *
  • A lie, deceit or falsehood.

    • Related terms

    * mendacious * mendaciously * mendaciousness

    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?