Mistook vs Mislook - What's the difference?
mistook | mislook |
To sin by looking.
To look unfavorably on.
To miss in searching; mislay or lose temporarily; neglectively overlook.
*2005 , James Bamford, A Pretext For War :
To look incorrectly or amiss.
*1977 , Israeli Institute for Poetics and Semiotics, Makhon ha-Yi?re?eli le-po?e?i?ah ?e-semyo?i?ah ?al-shem Por?er, PTL. :
Sinful looking.
*1975 , Patrick J. Gallacher, John Gower, Love, the word, and Mercury :
An unfavorable look or glance.
An act or instance of overlooking or failing to see.
As verbs the difference between mistook and mislook
is that mistook is simple past of mistake while mislook is to sin by looking.As a noun mislook is
sinful looking.mislook
English
Verb
(en verb)- “We shared that with the FBI,” said Robert Delfin, Chief of Intelligence command for the Philippine National Police. “They may have mislooked and didn't appreciate the info coming from the Philippine police.
- To look for "organic form" or for active conflict ultimately resolved, "all passion spent," is to mislook .
Noun
(en noun)- The story of Perseus and Medusa contains a suggestion of how to overcome the evils of "Mislook " in that Perseus is victorious through his use of the shield of Pallas and the sword of Mercury.
