Difference between Deceive and Delude

DECEIVE vs DELUDE: VERB

Be false to; be dishonest with
To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.

To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare.
To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.
To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception.

To frustrate or disappoint.
To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.
To cause to hold a false belief; deceive thoroughly: : deceive.
To elude or evade.
To frustrate the hopes or plans of.

To mislead by a false appearance or statement; cause to believe what is false, or to disbelieve what is true; delude.
To cause to fail in fulfilment or realization; frustrate or disappoint.
. To take from; rob stealthily.
To cause to pass; while away.
Synonyms To beguile, cheat, overreach, circumvent, dupe, fool, gull, cozen, hoodwink.
In fencing, to evade, as an attack or parry, thus causing an opponent to lose the contact or feel of one's foil.
Be false to
Be dishonest with

Evade, Deceit, Manipulate, Misinform, Cheat, Fool, Defraud, Confuse, Hoodwink, Mislead, Lead on, Lead astray, Cozen, Betray, Delude

Cheat, Circumvent, Lure, Persuade, Defraud, Induce, Foist, Misinform, Betray, Fool, Mislead, Hoodwink, Cozen, Lead on, Deceive

Evade, Deceit, Manipulate, Misinform, Cheat, Fool, Defraud, Confuse, Hoodwink, Mislead, Lead on, Lead astray, Cozen, Betray, Delude

Cheat, Circumvent, Lure, Persuade, Defraud, Induce, Foist, Misinform, Betray, Fool, Mislead, Hoodwink, Cozen, Lead on, Deceive

Intention to deceive: Intention to deceive the other party is the essence of fraud.
The Government must continue its efforts to stop unfair selling practices which deceive investors, and unfair trade practices which deceive consumers.
Not only can I deceive others, but I can also deceive my own heart.
They have to deceive themselves to deceive the abuser.
Those scales yonder are exact; I may deceive my fellows here, but deceive God I cannot then.
Sun cannot deceive when it gives light, a candle beside the Sunne may deceive.
If you compare the numbers between Blind and Deceive, Deceive actually looks better.
Trivers argues that in order to deceive others, we often deceive ourselves first.
It is very hard to deceive others unless you first deceive yourself.
When government officials deceive Congress, they deceive citizens.

Therefore, the only way to be happy is to delude yourself.
Perhaps he was just trying to delude himself, protect himself even.
Again, using some kind of a masquerade to delude you into his confidence.
Almost all of us delude ourselves about our workplace achievements, status and contributions.
But there is no reason why you or I should delude ourselves.
So, I do not want to delude ourselves in this hearing.
And its practitioners delude themselves on a number of key points.
The sinner, toying with witchcraft, thinketh to delude his fellows.
Ihoy secretly fait U would bo da delude you.
Those prices delude us into thinking they were cheap.