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Mistake vs Bloomer - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between mistake and bloomer

is that mistake is an error; a blunder while bloomer is an ironworker.

As a verb mistake

is to understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.

As a proper noun Bloomer is

{{surname|lang=en}.

mistake

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An error; a blunder.
  • * 1877 , Henry Heth, quoting , in "Causes of the Defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the Battle of GettysburgOpinions of Leading Confederate Soldiers.", Southern Historical Society Papers (1877), editor Rev. J. WM. Jones [http://books.google.com/books?id=iDIFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA292&dq=lee+%22mistakes+were+made%22&hl=en&ei=fchaTbu4L8L98AaVs4n-DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=lee%20%22mistakes%20were%20made%22&f=false]
    • After it is all over, as stupid a fellow as I am can see that mistakes' were made. I notice, however, that my ' mistakes are never told me until it is too late.
  • (baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Usage notes

    * Usually make a mistake. See

    Verb

  • To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.
    • Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My father's purposes have been mistook .
  • * Johnson
    • A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it.
  • To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Servants mistake , and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends.
  • (obsolete, rare) To take or choose wrongly.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Derived terms

    * mistakeless

    Related terms

    * mistaken English irregular verbs 1000 English basic words

    bloomer

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the word bloom'', for an iron ingot, from the Old English word ''bl?ma .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ironworker.
    • See also
    * Blumer, Bloomer

    Etymology 2

    (bloom).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A circular loaf of white bread.
  • A blooming flower.
  • One who blooms, matures, or develops.
    • She was a late bloomer .

    Etymology 3

    , from the surname of the American woman who sought to introduce this style of dress.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A costume for women, consisting of a short dress with loose trousers gathered around the ankles, and often a broad-brimmed hat.
  • (historical) A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
    • Derived terms
    * bloomers

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