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Mishap vs Extremity - What's the difference?

mishap | extremity | Related terms |

Mishap is a related term of extremity.


As nouns the difference between mishap and extremity

is that mishap is an accident, mistake, or problem while extremity is the most extreme or furthest point of something.

mishap

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An accident, mistake, or problem.
  • Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.
  • *
  • He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.
  • Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Secure from worldly chances and mishaps .

    extremity

    English

    Noun

    (extremities)
  • The most extreme or furthest point of something.
  • An extreme measure.
  • A hand or foot.
  • causes one to not be able to move one's extremities .
  • A limb (major appendage of human or animal such as a leg an arm or a wing)
  • Synonyms

    * (furthest point of something) tip * (major appendage of human or animal) limb