Misleading vs Misunderstand - What's the difference?
misleading | misunderstand |
A deception that misleads.
* 2012 , Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said (page 70)
As verbs the difference between misleading and misunderstand
is that misleading is present participle of lang=en while misunderstand is to understand incorrectly, while thinking one has understood correctly.As an adjective misleading
is deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.As a noun misleading
is a deception that misleads.misleading
English
Derived terms
* unmisleadingVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.