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Misdirected vs Misplaced - What's the difference?

misdirected | misplaced |

As verbs the difference between misdirected and misplaced

is that misdirected is past tense of misdirect while misplaced is past tense of misplace.

As an adjective misplaced is

uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.

misdirected

English

Verb

(head)
  • (misdirect)

    • misdirect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To direct something wrongly
  • *{{quote-news
    • , date = 21 August 2012 , first = Ed , last = Pilkington , title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , newspaper = The Guardian , url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/death-penalty-trial-reggie-clemons?newsfeed=true , page = , passage = In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected , and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.}}
  • To put the incorrect address on a mail item

    • misplaced

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (misplace)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.
    • I felt so misplaced at that party last night.
  • Lost; disoriented.
    • I was looking for the supermarket but then I got misplaced .