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Mislead vs Misle - What's the difference?

mislead | misle |

As verbs the difference between mislead and misle

is that mislead is (literally) to lead astray, in a false direction while misle is to rain in fine drops; to mizzle.

As a noun misle is

a fine rain or thick mist; mizzle.

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

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    misle

    English

    Noun

  • A fine rain or thick mist; mizzle.
  • Verb

    (misl)
  • To rain in fine drops; to mizzle.
  • (Webster 1913)