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Indirection vs Misdirection - What's the difference?

indirection | misdirection |

As nouns the difference between indirection and misdirection

is that indirection is a lack of direction; deviousness or aimlessness while misdirection is an act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.

indirection

English

Noun

(wikipedia indirection) (en noun)
  • A lack of direction; deviousness or aimlessness
  • (computing) Use of a variable or object through its address
  • An indirect action or process.

    • 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