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Misleading vs Misconception - What's the difference?

misleading | misconception |

As nouns the difference between misleading and misconception

is that misleading is a deception that misleads while misconception is a mistaken belief, a wrong idea.

As an adjective misleading

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

As a verb misleading

is present participle of lang=en.

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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    misconception

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a mistaken belief, a wrong idea
    • There are several common misconceptions about the theory of relativity.
    You're obviously under the misconception that I care about your problems.
    He thought that a misconception meant becoming pregnant with a girl.