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Misleading vs Misunderstand - What's the difference?

misleading | misunderstand |

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

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.

    • Derived terms

    * unmisleading

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deception that misleads.
  • * 2012 , Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said (page 70)
    • According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.

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    misunderstand

    English

    Verb

  • To understand incorrectly, while thinking one has understood correctly.