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Incorrect vs Misrecall - What's the difference?

incorrect | misrecall |

As an adjective incorrect

is not correct; erroneous or wrong.

As a verb misrecall is

to recall 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

    misrecall

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To recall incorrectly.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 2, author=Jack Rosenthal, title=A Terrible Thing to Waste, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=That was the same slogan that Vice President Dan Quayle famously misrecalled in 1989 when he said, “What a waste it is to lose one’s mind.” }}