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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Delude VS deceive

Waht is the difference between delude and deceive?
  

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They both mean roughly the same thing. I would use "delude" when it is self impossed - "He is deluding himself" and deceive when it is someone else "She deceived him"

— LouiseT

  • They both mean roughly the same thing.
  • I would use "delude" when it is self impossed - "He is deluding himself" and deceive when it is someone else "She deceived him"
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They both mean roughly the same thing.

I would use "delude" when it is self impossed - "He is deluding himself" and deceive when it is someone else "She deceived him"
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