Mendacity vs Subterfuge - What's the difference?
mendacity | subterfuge |
The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
*
A lie, deceit or falsehood.
(countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics.
* 2010 , (Clare Vanderpool), (Moon Over Manifest)
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered
, volume=100, issue=2, page=87
, magazine=(American Scientist)
(uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.
As nouns the difference between mendacity and subterfuge
is that mendacity is the fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty while subterfuge is (countable) an indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind refers especially to war and politics.mendacity
English
Noun
(mendacities)subterfuge
English
(wikipedia subterfuge)Noun
- Overt subterfuge in a region nearly caused a minor accident.
- How’s the spy hunt going? Uncovered any subterfuge ?
citation, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge —a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}