different between defraud vs mislead

English

Alternative forms

• defraude (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from de- + frauder.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?.?f???d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Verb

defraud (third-person singular simple present defrauds, present participle defrauding, simple past and past participle defrauded)

1. (transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.

   • I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.

2. (archaic) To deprive.

   • 1872, William Goodell, "On Conjugal Onanism and Kindred Sins", Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery, vol. 9, page 63.

Related terms

• befraud
• defrauder

Translations

See also

• fraudster

Anagrams

• frauded

English

Etymology

From Middle English misleden, from Old English misl?dan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijan? (“to mislead”), equivalent to mis- +? lead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?li?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Verb

mislead (third-person singular simple present misleads, present participle misleading, simple past and past participle misled) (transitive)

1. (literally) To lead astray, in a false direction.
2. To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
3. To deceptively trick into something wrong.

   The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin

4. To accidentally or intentionally confuse.

Synonyms

• (lead in a false direction): forlead, misguide, misinform
• (deceive by giving a false impression): deceive, delude, beguile, cheat
• (trick into something wrong): seduce

Antonyms

• guide, lead, direct

Derived terms

• misleading (adjective)

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• elasmid, m'ladies, medial s, medials, misdeal, smailed