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News vs Disinformation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between news and disinformation

is that news is (latest) news while disinformation is the dissemination of intentionally false information to deliberately confuse or mislead.

news

English

Noun

(wikipedia news) (en-noun)
  • New information of interest.
    • Is there any news about the storm?
    That was not much news in the press release.
  • Reports of current events broadcast via media such as newspapers or television.
    • Did you listen to the news tonight?
    The news is that Mr. Jones died yesterday from cancer.
  • (computing, internet) posts published on newsgroups

    • Derived terms

    * bad news * good news * hard news * local news * national news * news agency * newsagent * news feature * newsflash * newsman * newspaper * newsreader * news report * news reporter * news station * news stream * no news is good news * slow news day * soft news * that's news to me * world news * breaking news * news feed

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    * 1000 English basic words English singularia tantum

    disinformation

    English

    (wikipedia disinformation)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The dissemination of intentionally false information to deliberately confuse or mislead.

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