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Nondisclosure vs Lying - What's the difference?

nondisclosure | lying |

As nouns the difference between nondisclosure and lying

is that nondisclosure is an act or policy of not disclosing while lying is an act of telling a lie, or falsehood.

As a verb lying is

present participle of lang=en.

nondisclosure

English

Alternative forms

*non-disclosure

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act or policy of not disclosing.

    • Derived terms

    *nondisclosure agreement

    lying

    English

    (wikipedia lying)

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1811 , , Sense and Sensibility The Free Library , Chapter 19:
    • Without shutting herself up from her family ... or lying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward..

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of telling a lie, or falsehood.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
  • * Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    • But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?