Lying
Lying adjective - Telling or containing lies.
Tell a lie and lying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tell a lie" instead a verb "Lying".
Tell a lie
Lying and tell a lie are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Lying" with "Tell a lie", this terms are similar.
Both terms in one sentence
- William de Worde, protagonist of The Truth, also Will Not Tell a Lie, but is good at using Exact Words to mislead people without actually lying to them.
Source: Will Not Tell a Lie - The Powerpuff Girls episode "Lying Around The House" has a little figure that grows every time the girls tell a lie.
Source: Cannot Tell a Lie - It should be noted that this trope is for characters who Cannot Tell A Lie as a character trait, which means that at all times they are incapable of lying.
Source: Cannot Tell a Lie
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