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Untruthful vs Deceitful - What's the difference?

untruthful | deceitful |

As adjectives the difference between untruthful and deceitful

is that untruthful is not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying while deceitful is deliberately misleading or cheating.

untruthful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.
  • Pertaining to falsehood; corrupt; dishonest.

    • Antonyms

    * truthful

    Derived terms

    * untruthfully * untruthfulness

    deceitful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * deceiptful (obsolete) * deceiptfull (obsolete) * deceitfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • deliberately misleading or cheating
  • deceptive in multiple ways

    • Synonyms

    * See also