Fudge vs Mislead - What's the difference?
fudge | mislead |
Light or frothy nonsense.
A type of very sweet candy or confection. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge.
(countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
(uncountable, dated) A made-up story; nonsense; humbug.
(countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
To try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate.
To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral.
(euphemistic) Colloquially, used in place of fuck.
(literally) To lead astray, in a false direction.
To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
To deceptively trick into something wrong.
To accidentally or intentionally confuse.
As verbs the difference between fudge and mislead
is that fudge is to try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate while mislead is to lead astray, in a false direction.As a noun fudge
is light or frothy nonsense.As an interjection fudge
is colloquially, used in place of fuck.fudge
English
(wikipedia fudge)Noun
- Have you tried the vanilla fudge ? It's delicious!
Verb
(fudg)- When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged .
- The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged .
- I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good.
Derived terms
* fudgerInterjection
(head)- Oh, fudge !
Derived terms
* fudge factor * fudge packermislead
English
Verb
(transitive)- ''The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin