Misinformed vs Misdirected - What's the difference?
misinformed | misdirected |
(misinform)
to give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information.
(misdirect)
To direct something wrongly
*{{quote-news
, date = 21 August 2012
, first = Ed
, last = Pilkington
, title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?
, newspaper = The Guardian
, url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/death-penalty-trial-reggie-clemons?newsfeed=true
, page =
, passage = In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected , and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.}}
To put the incorrect address on a mail item
As verbs the difference between misinformed and misdirected
is that misinformed is past tense of misinform while misdirected is past tense of misdirect.misinformed
English
Verb
(head)misinform
English
Verb
(en verb)- It is clear that the politician misinformed the public on the issue.
