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Unfounded vs Deceptive - What's the difference?

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Unfounded is a related term of deceptive.


As adjectives the difference between unfounded and deceptive

is that unfounded is having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts while deceptive is .

unfounded

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts.
  • Not having been founded or instituted.
  • * 1980 , Helen Louise Gardner, ?John Carey, English Renaissance studies (page 268)
    • Even the great world as yet undiscovered, the cities as yet unfounded , and the history as yet unwritten, are lost: fallen from the beginning.

    Synonyms

    * (not based on solid reasons or facts) baseless, groundless, ungrounded

    deceptive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • misleading, likely or attempting to deceive
    • deceptive advertising
    deceptive practices
  • * Trench
    • language altogether deceptive , and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * deceptive advertising * deceptive cadence * deceptive cognate

    Related terms

    * deception * deceptively * deceive * deceit