Fraudulent vs. Deceptive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fraudulent and Deceptive
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Fraudulent
Engaging in fraud; deceitful.
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Deceptive
Deceiving or tending to deceive
A deceptive advertisement.
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Fraudulent
Characterized by, constituting, or gained by fraud
Fraudulent business practices.
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Deceptive
Likely or attempting to deceive.
Deceptive practices
Appearances can be deceptive.
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Fraudulent
Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
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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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Fraudulent
False, phony.
He tried to pass a fraudulent check.
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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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Fraudulent
Using fraud; tricky; deceitful; dishonest.
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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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Fraudulent
Characterized by, founded on, or proceeding from, fraud; as, a fraudulent bargain.
He, with serpent tongue, . . . His fraudulent temptation thus began.
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Fraudulent
Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest.
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Fraudulent
Intended to deceive;
Deceitful advertising
Fallacious testimony
Smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice
A fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
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