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Incorrect vs Miscomprehension - What's the difference?

incorrect | miscomprehension |

As an adjective incorrect

is not correct; erroneous or wrong.

As a noun miscomprehension is

an incorrect understanding of something.

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

    miscomprehension

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incorrect understanding of something.
    • Teachers testing with informal reading inventories (selected because of comprehension difficulty unrelated to word recognition) were asked to give explanations for the miscomprehensions of their students.

    Synonyms

    misunderstanding

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary