Mislead vs Disguise - What's the difference?
mislead | disguise |
(literally) To lead astray, in a false direction.
To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
To deceptively trick into something wrong.
To accidentally or intentionally confuse.
Attire (e.g. clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.
(figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.
The act of disguising, notably as a ploy
To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
* Macaulay
To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
(archaic) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
* Spectator
As verbs the difference between mislead and disguise
is that mislead is to lead astray, in a false direction while disguise is to change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.As a noun disguise is
attire (e.g. clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.mislead
English
Verb
(transitive)- ''The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin
Synonyms
* (lead in a false direction) misguide, misinform * (deceive by giving a false impression) deceive, delude, beguile, cheat * (trick into something wrong) seduceDerived terms
* misleading (pos a)References
* *Anagrams
* English irregular verbsdisguise
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''That cape and mask complete his disguise .
- ''Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.
Synonyms
* camouflage * guise * mask * pretenseVerb
- Spies often disguise themselves.
- Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.
- He disguised his true intentions.
- I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship.
