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Misdirected vs Misused - What's the difference?

misdirected | misused | Related terms |

As verbs the difference between misdirected and misused

is that misdirected is past tense of misdirect while misused is past tense of misuse.

As an adjective misused is

used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner.

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

    • misused

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner.
    • The oft misused word didn't mean what he thought it meant, but everyone else misunderstood it too.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (misuse)