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Disbelieves vs Misbelieves - What's the difference?

disbelieves | misbelieves |

As verbs the difference between disbelieves and misbelieves

is that disbelieves is third-person singular of disbelieve while misbelieves is third-person singular of misbelieve.

disbelieves

English

Verb

(head)
  • (disbelieve)

    • disbelieve

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To not believe; to exercise disbelief.
  • To actively deny (a statement, opinion or perception).
    • He chose to disbelieve the bad news as inconceivable.
  • To cease to believe.
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    • Related terms

    * disbelief

    misbelieves

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (misbelieve)

    • misbelieve

    English

    Verb

  • (British, or, obsolete) To believe erroneously.

    • Derived terms

    * misbeliever

    References

    * Mainly British or obsolete: The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words,' Frederick Thomas Elworthy, Page 479