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Mistruth vs Untruth - What's the difference?

mistruth | untruth |

As nouns the difference between mistruth and untruth

is that mistruth is untruth; falsehood while untruth is a lie or falsehood.

mistruth

English

Noun

  • Untruth; falsehood.
  • *1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 81:
  • *:In my brief stay in Johannesburg, I had left a trail of mistruths and, in each case, the falsehood had come back to haunt me.

    • untruth

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lie or falsehood.
  • The condition of being false; truthlessness.

    • Synonyms

    * see