different between misleading vs fraudulent

English

Etymology

mislead +? -ing

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?d??

Adjective

misleading (comparative more misleading, superlative most misleading)

1. Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.

Synonyms

• mistakable
• confusing

Derived terms

• misleadingly
• unmisleading

Translations

Verb

misleading

1. present participle of mislead

Noun

misleading (plural misleadings)

1. A deception that misleads.
   • 2012, Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said (page 70)

     According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.

Anagrams

• misaligned, misdealing

English

Etymology

From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f???.d??.l?nt/, /?f???.dj?.l?nt/, /?f???.d??.l?nt/, /?f???.dj?.l?nt/, /?f???d?.l?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??.d??.l?nt/, /?f??d?.l?nt/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?f??.d??.l?nt/, /?f??d?.l?nt/

Adjective

fraudulent (comparative more fraudulent, superlative most fraudulent)

1. Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
2. False, phony.

   He tried to pass a fraudulent check.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "fraudulent" is often applied: claim, practice, transfer, scheme, transaction, document, intent, misrepresentation, act, action, mortgage, check, conveyance, accounting, bankruptcy, reporting, etc.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceptive
• See also Thesaurus:fake

Derived terms

• fraudulently

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fraudulentus.

Adjective

fraudulent (feminine fraudulenta, masculine plural fraudulents, feminine plural fraudulentes)

1. fraudulent

Derived terms

• fraudulentament

Related terms

• frau
• fraudulència

Further reading

• “fraudulent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fraudulent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fraudulent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fraudulent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fraudelent, ffraudulent

Etymology

From Middle French fraudulent, itself borrowed from Latin fraudulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?frau?diu?l?nt/, /?frau?dil?nt/

Adjective

fraudulent

1. Dishonest, fraudulent; based on fraud.
2. Necrotic, rotting; infected with or afflicted with gangrene.

Descendants

• English: fraudulent

References

• “fraude, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-06.