Deceptive vs. Insincere — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Deceptive and Insincere
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Deceptive
Deceiving or tending to deceive
A deceptive advertisement.
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Insincere
Not expressing genuine feelings
She flashed him an insincere smile
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Deceptive
Likely or attempting to deceive.
Deceptive practices
Appearances can be deceptive.
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Insincere
Not sincere; not genuine
An insincere apology.
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Deceptive
Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.
Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes.
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Insincere
Habitually phony or dishonest
Distrusted him as insincere.
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Deceptive
Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true;
Deceptive calm
A delusory pleasure
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Insincere
Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.
Janice's furious glare showed that her apology was insincere.
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Deceptive
Tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently;
The deceptive calm in the eye of the storm
Deliberately deceptive packaging
A misleading similarity
Statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading
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Insincere
Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; - said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.
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Insincere
Disappointing; imperfect; unsound.
To render sleep's soft blessings insincere.
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Insincere
Lacking sincerity;
A charming but thoroughly insincere woman
Their praise was extravagant and insincere
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