Disinformative vs. Disinformation: What's the Difference?
Disinformative and Disinformation Definitions
Disinformative
Being or pertaining to disinformation.
Disinformation
Deliberately misleading information announced publicly or leaked by a government or especially by an intelligence agency in order to influence public opinion or the government in another nation
"He would be the unconscious channel for a piece of disinformation aimed at another country's intelligence service" (Ken Follett).
Disinformation
Dissemination of such misleading information.
Disinformation
False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.
Disinformation
Fabricated or deliberately manipulated content. Intentionally created conspiracy theories or rumors.
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Disinformation
(transitive) To use disinformation.
A country cannot disinformation its way out of fallen soldiers.
Disinformation
Misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.)
