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Mislead vs Hoodwink - What's the difference?

mislead | hoodwink |

As verbs the difference between mislead and hoodwink

is that mislead is (literally) to lead astray, in a false direction while hoodwink is (archaic) to cover the eyes with a hood; to blindfold.

mislead

English

Verb

(transitive)
  • (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.
    • ''The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin
  • To accidentally or intentionally confuse.

    • Synonyms

    * (lead in a false direction) misguide, misinform * (deceive by giving a false impression) deceive, delude, beguile, cheat * (trick into something wrong) seduce

    Derived terms

    * misleading (pos a)

    References

    * *

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs

    hoodwink

    English

    (wikipedia hoodwink)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To cover the eyes with a hood; to blindfold.
  • * , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1 p.81:
    • Some there are, that through feare anticipate the hangmans hand; as he did, whose friends having obtained his pardon, and putting away the cloth wherewith he was hood-winkt , that he might heare it read, was found starke dead upon the scaffold, wounded only by the stroke of imagination.
  • To deceive or trick.
    • I feel like the salesman hoodwinked me into buying right away.