Mislead vs Misdirected - What's the difference?
mislead | misdirected |
(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.
(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 mislead and misdirected
is that mislead is to lead astray, in a false direction while misdirected is past tense of misdirect.mislead
English
Verb
(transitive)- ''The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin
