Misrepresent vs Disguise - What's the difference?
misrepresent | disguise | Related terms |
Attire (e.g. clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.
(figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.
The act of disguising, notably as a ploy
To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.
* Macaulay
To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.
(archaic) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.
* Spectator
Misrepresent is a related term of disguise.
As verbs the difference between misrepresent and disguise
is that misrepresent is to represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something while disguise is to change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.As a noun disguise is
attire (eg clothing, makeup) used to hide one's identity or assume another.disguise
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''That cape and mask complete his disguise .
- ''Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.
Synonyms
* camouflage * guise * mask * pretenseVerb
- Spies often disguise themselves.
- Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.
- He disguised his true intentions.
- I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship.
