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Misdeem vs Misdeed - What's the difference?

misdeem | misdeed |

As a verb misdeem

is to misjudge, to deem wrongly.

As a noun misdeed is

that which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.

misdeem

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To misjudge, to deem wrongly.
  • *1500s , (Edmund Spenser), sonnet:
  • *:The doubt which ye misdeem , fair love, is vain, / That fondly fear to lose your liberty; /
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), X, xxxviii:
  • *:Nor say I this for that I aught misdeem / That Egypt's promis'd succors fail us might.
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    misdeed

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.
  • The petty misdeeds of his youth came back to haunt him when he ran for political office and his character was smeared.

    Synonyms

    * misdemeanor * misdoing

    See also

    * mischief

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