different between hypocritical vs disingenuous

English

Etymology

From hypocritic + -al, from ??????????? (hupokritikós), from ????????? (hupokrit?s, “actor, hypocrite”), from ??????????? (hupokrínomai, “I play a part on stage”), from ??? (hupó, “below”) + ????? (krín?, “I choose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?p??k??t?k?l/

Adjective

hypocritical (comparative more hypocritical, superlative most hypocritical)

1. Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. [from mid-16th c.]

Translations

Synonyms

• two-faced

English

Etymology

dis- +? ingenuous

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?d?s.?n.?d??n.ju.?s/

Adjective

disingenuous (comparative more disingenuous, superlative most disingenuous)

1. Not honourable; unworthy of honour
2. Not ingenuous; not frank or open

   Synonym: uncandid

   • 1726, William Broome, The Poems of Alexander Pope: The Odyssey of Homer. Books XIII-XXIV, edited by Maynard Mack, Methuen, 1969, volume 10, page 378:

     I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them:

3. Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "disingenuous" is often applied: attempt, argument, statement, conduct, people, excuse, question, assertion.

Derived terms

• disingenuously
• disingenuousness

Translations

Further reading

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