Betray
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city. To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon. To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
Example sentence: Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.
Deceive
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To trick or mislead.
Example sentence: We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.