half-truth vs misrepresentation

half-truth and misrepresentation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
half-truth	Yes	No	No	No
misrepresentation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, misrepresentation is a hypernym of half-truth; that is, misrepresentation is a word with a broader meaning than half-truth:

Other hypernyms of half-truth include deceit, deception.

half-truth (noun)	misrepresentation (noun)
a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead	a willful perversion of facts
	a misleading falsehood