lead on vs pull someone's leg

pull someone's leg vs lead on

lead on and pull someone's leg both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lead on	No	No	Yes	No
pull someone's leg	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pull someone's leg is a hyponym of lead on; that is, pull someone's leg is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lead on:

lead on: be false to; be dishonest with
pull someone's leg: subject to a playful hoax or joke

Other hyponyms of lead on include betray, sell, cheat, chisel, shill, flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick, befool, fool, gull, betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander, hoax, play a joke on, ensnare, entrap, frame, set up, humbug.

lead on (verb)	pull someone's leg (verb)
entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken	subject to a playful hoax or joke
be false to; be dishonest with

Difference between lead on and pull someone's leg

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