different between deceive vs deceitful

English

Alternative forms

• deceave (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deceyven, desayven, dissayven, from Old French decever, decevoir, from Latin d?cipi? (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from d?- (“from”) + capi? (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English besw?can.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??si?v/
• Hyphenation: de?ceive
• Rhymes: -i?v

Verb

deceive (third-person singular simple present deceives, present participle deceiving, simple past and past participle deceived)

1. (transitive) To trick or mislead.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceive

Related terms

• deception
• deceptive
• deceit

Translations

Further reading

• deceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deceive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• deceiptful (obsolete)
• deceiptfull (obsolete)
• deceitfull (archaic)

Etymology

deceit +? -ful

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??si?tf?l/, /-fl?/

Adjective

deceitful (comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)

1. Deliberately misleading or cheating.
   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:

     All the?e are ?eruants to deceitfull men.
2. Deceptive, two-faced.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceptive

Translations