Difference between Disingenuous and Ingenuine

What is the difference between Disingenuous and Ingenuine?

Disingenuous as an adjective is not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive. while Ingenuine as an adjective is false, not genuine or authentic.

Disingenuous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive. Not ingenuous; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. Assuming a pose of naivete to make a point or for deception.

Ingenuine

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: false, not genuine or authentic.

We hope you now know whether to use Disingenuous or Ingenuine in your sentence.

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