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Misleading vs Deceiving - What's the difference?

misleading | deceiving |

As verbs the difference between misleading and deceiving

is that misleading is while deceiving is .

As nouns the difference between misleading and deceiving

is that misleading is a deception that misleads while deceiving is deception.

As an adjective misleading

is deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.

misleading

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.

    • Derived terms

    * unmisleading

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deception that misleads.
  • * 2012 , Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said (page 70)
    • According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.

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    deceiving

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • deception
  • * Bible, 2 Peter 2:13
    • And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you