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Incorrect vs Misbeat - What's the difference?

incorrect | misbeat |

As an adjective incorrect

is not correct; erroneous or wrong.

As a noun misbeat is

a false, wrong, or incorrect beat; a beat in the wrong time or rhythm.

As a verb misbeat is

(intransitive) to beat out of rhythm; beat incorrectly.

incorrect

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
  • * He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question
  • Faulty or defective.
  • * The PC crashed due to incorrect programming
  • Inappropriate or improper.
  • * He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary

    • Antonyms

    * correct * right * proper

    Derived terms

    * incorrectly * incorrectness

    misbeat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A false, wrong, or incorrect beat; a beat in the wrong time or rhythm.
  • *2001 , Gayle G. Roper, Spring Rain :
    • Leigh's heart gave a little misbeat as she watched the exchange.
  • *2007 , John Banville, Eclipse: A Novel :
    • Was it that same phial of precious ichor, still inside me, that spilled in the cinema that afternoon, and that I carry in me yet, and that yet will overflow at the slightest movement, the slightest misbeat of my heart?
  • *2011 , Susan Donovan, Celeste Bradley, A Courtesan's Guide to Getting Your Man :
    • How could so much warmth and unassuming gentleness be subtracted from the world by the simple misbeat of an organ?

    Verb

  • (intransitive) To beat out of rhythm; beat incorrectly.
  • *1996 , David Levinson, Religion: a cross-cultural encyclopedia :
    • The assistant's role is not a minor one: When they become shaman, after they start in, his assistants have to know just what song to sing and how to beat the drum. If they misbeat the drum, the shaman just become normal again.
  • *2000 , Peter Tremayne, Hemlock at Vespers: fifteen Sister Fidelma mysteries :
    • “I fear he will not be with us beyond the winter. He has already had two problems with his heart, which grows continually weaker.” “How weak?” “Twice it has misbeat . The third time may prove fatal.”