lead astray vs misdirect

lead astray and misdirect both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lead astray	No	No	Yes	No
misdirect	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, lead astray and misdirect are synonyms defined as:

lead astray and misdirect: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

Other synonyms of lead astray include misguide, mislead.

As verbs, misdirect is a hypernym of lead astray; that is, misdirect is a word with a broader meaning than lead astray:

Other hypernyms of lead astray include corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate.

lead astray (verb)	misdirect (verb)
cause someone to believe an untruth	put a wrong address on
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions	lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
teach immoral behavior to	corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality