different between mislead vs decoy

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

English

Etymology

From Dutch de +? kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?di?k??/

Noun

decoy (plural decoys)

1. A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
2. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.

Translations

Verb

decoy (third-person singular simple present decoys, present participle decoying, simple past and past participle decoyed)

1. (transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.

   to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net

   • 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village

     E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, / The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.

2. (intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• deke

Translations

Anagrams

• coyed