Misrepresentation vs Disinformation - What's the difference?
misrepresentation | disinformation |
Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as, to injure one's character by misrepresentations.
Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
In map-making, faultiness in a map-projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.
The dissemination of intentionally false information to deliberately confuse or mislead.
