Miscalculation is a related term of fallacy.
As nouns the difference between miscalculation and fallacy
is that miscalculation is an incorrect or mistaken calculation while fallacy is deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
fallacy
Noun
(fallacies)
Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
(logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not. A specious argument.
Derived terms
* logical fallacy
* formal fallacy
* informal fallacy
Related terms
* fail
* fallacious
* fallibilist
* fallibilism
* fallibility
* fallible
See also
* sophism
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