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Miscomprehension vs Misapprehension - What's the difference?

miscomprehension | misapprehension |

As nouns the difference between miscomprehension and misapprehension

is that miscomprehension is an incorrect understanding of something while misapprehension is a failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding.

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

    misapprehension

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding