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Misquote vs Deceive - What's the difference?

misquote | deceive |

As verbs the difference between misquote and deceive

is that misquote is to incorrectly recite a quote while deceive is to trick or mislead.

misquote

English

Verb

  • To incorrectly recite a quote.
  • :I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare.
  • To incorrectly record a quote.
  • :The newspaper had to publish a correction after they misquoted the President.
  • deceive

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Verb

    (deceiv)
  • To trick or mislead.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.” }}

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