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Miscook vs Mislook - What's the difference?

miscook | mislook |

In transitive terms the difference between miscook and mislook

is that miscook is to cook badly or incorrectly while mislook is to look incorrectly or amiss.

As a noun mislook is

sinful looking.

miscook

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cook badly or incorrectly.
  • mislook

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sin by looking.
  • To look unfavorably on.
  • To miss in searching; mislay or lose temporarily; neglectively overlook.
  • *2005 , James Bamford, A Pretext For War :
  • “We shared that with the FBI,” said Robert Delfin, Chief of Intelligence command for the Philippine National Police. “They may have mislooked and didn't appreciate the info coming from the Philippine police.
  • To look incorrectly or amiss.
  • *1977 , Israeli Institute for Poetics and Semiotics, Makhon ha-Yi?re?eli le-po?e?i?ah ?e-semyo?i?ah ?al-shem Por?er, PTL. :
  • To look for "organic form" or for active conflict ultimately resolved, "all passion spent," is to mislook .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Sinful looking.
  • *1975 , Patrick J. Gallacher, John Gower, Love, the word, and Mercury :
  • The story of Perseus and Medusa contains a suggestion of how to overcome the evils of "Mislook " in that Perseus is victorious through his use of the shield of Pallas and the sword of Mercury.
  • An unfavorable look or glance.
  • An act or instance of overlooking or failing to see.