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Misacknowledge vs Disacknowledge - What's the difference?

misacknowledge | disacknowledge |

As verbs the difference between misacknowledge and disacknowledge

is that misacknowledge is (rare) to fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly while disacknowledge is to refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.

misacknowledge

English

Verb

(misacknowledg)
  • (rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:I saw him at Ferrara , in so pitteous a plight both himselfe and his labours, which unwitting to him, and even to his face, have been published both uncorrected and maimed.
  • *1901 , Robert S Littell, The Living Age , vol.CCXXVIII:
  • *:How many do I ordinarily see that mis-acknowledge poverty; how many that wish for death or that pass it without any alarm or affliction?

    • disacknowledge

    English

    Verb

    (disacknowledg)
  • To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.