Misdeed vs Mistake - What's the difference?
misdeed | mistake |
That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.
An error; a blunder.
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(baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place
To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.
* Shakespeare
* Johnson
To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
* Jonathan Swift
(obsolete, rare) To take or choose wrongly.
As nouns the difference between misdeed and mistake
is that misdeed is that which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime while mistake is an error; a blunder.As a verb mistake is
to understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.misdeed
English
Noun
(en noun)- The petty misdeeds of his youth came back to haunt him when he ran for political office and his character was smeared.
Synonyms
* misdemeanor * misdoingSee also
* mischiefReferences
*Anagrams
* *mistake
English
Noun
(en noun)- After it is all over, as stupid a fellow as I am can see that mistakes' were made. I notice, however, that my ' mistakes are never told me until it is too late.
Synonyms
* See alsoUsage notes
* Usually make a mistake. SeeVerb
- Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar.
- My father's purposes have been mistook .
- A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it.
- Servants mistake , and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends.
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