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Mislead vs Violate - What's the difference?

mislead | violate |

As a verb mislead

is (literally) to lead astray, in a false direction.

As a proper noun violate is

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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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    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs

    violate

    English

    Verb

    (violat)
  • To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.).
    • The program tried to write to privileged memory, so it was flagged with a protect violate error.
    Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
  • To rape.

    • Derived terms

    * violation * violable * violative

    Antonyms

    * comply * obey

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