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Misleading vs Dishonest - What's the difference?

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Misleading is a related term of dishonest.


As adjectives the difference between misleading and dishonest

is that misleading is deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression while dishonest is not honest.

As a verb misleading

is .

As a noun misleading

is a deception that misleads.

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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    dishonest

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not honest.
  • Interfering with honesty.
  • (obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
  • * Sir T. North
    • Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].
  • (obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
  • * Dryden
    • Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.

    Antonyms

    * honest

    Related terms

    * dishonesty

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