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Misdirection vs Deception - What's the difference?

misdirection | deception |

As nouns the difference between misdirection and deception

is that misdirection is an act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction while deception is an instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.

misdirection

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
  • :The magician used misdirection to get us to watch his left hand while he did something with his right hand.
  • (UK, legal) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court
  • deception

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead and/or delude someone into errantly believing a lie or inaccuracy.
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