Misleading vs Dubious - What's the difference?
misleading | dubious |
A deception that misleads.
* 2012 , Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said (page 70)
Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
* 2011 , Nigel Jones, "A Tale of Two Scandals", History Today , February 2011, Vol. 61 Issue 2, pages 10–17
In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.
* 2010 , John M. Broder, "Global Climate-Change Talks Begin in Cancun With More Modest Expectations", New York Times , November 30, Section A, Column 0, Foreign Desk, page 12
As adjectives the difference between misleading and dubious
is that misleading is deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression while dubious is arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.As a verb misleading
is .As a noun misleading
is a deception that misleads.misleading
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Derived terms
* unmisleadingVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.
Anagrams
* *dubious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- After he made some dubious claims about the company, fewer people trusted him.
- Evasive, womanising, boastful, malicious, untrustworthy, an inveterate gambler who combined his mediocre military career with running a high-class brothel, permanently cash strapped and viciously quarrelsome, his character is as dubious as his unsavoury appearance.
- She was dubious about my plan at first, but later I managed to persuade her to cooperate.
- Last year, President Obama had large majorities in Congress and hopes of passing a comprehensive climate and energy bill. Next year, he faces a new Congress much more dubious about the reality of climate change and considerably more hostile to international efforts to deal with it.