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Miscast vs Typecast - What's the difference?

miscast | typecast |

As verbs the difference between miscast and typecast

is that miscast is (intransitive) to cast or reckon incorrectly while typecast is to cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.

As a noun miscast

is an erroneous cast or reckoning.

As an adjective miscast

is erroneously cast.

miscast

English

Verb

  • (intransitive) To cast or reckon incorrectly.
  • (intransitive) To cast or direct erroneously or improperly.
  • to miscast a glance
  • To cast an actor in an inappropriate role.
  • To make an error when casting a vote.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An erroneous cast or reckoning.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Erroneously cast
  • Anagrams

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    typecast

    English

    Verb

  • To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
  • To identify someone as being of a specific type because of their appearance, colour, religion etc.
  • (computing, programming) To cast (change of data type of a variable or object).
  • Typecasting in Java.
    Does anyone know how to typecast a String in Java into an int?