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Misleading vs Misguided - What's the difference?

misleading | misguided |

As adjectives the difference between misleading and misguided

is that misleading is deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression while misguided is ill-conceived or not thought through.

As verbs the difference between misleading and misguided

is that misleading is present participle of lang=en while misguided is past tense of misguide.

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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    misguided

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • ill-conceived or not thought through
  • * 2013 September 28, , " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
    • I believe in freedom of movement and view the current government’s restrictive attitude as both socially and economically misguided . Yet I fear that a special London policy will only exacerbate existing divisions.
  • misled or mistaken
  • lacking proper guidance
    • A misguided child may use his personal power in mischievous ways

    Synonyms

    * (lacking proper guidance ) stray, straying, erring, errant, confused, off course

    Verb

    (head)
  • (misguide)