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Misnamer vs Misnames - What's the difference?

misnamer | misnames |

As a noun misnamer

is one who misnames something.

As a verb misnames is

third-person singular of misname.

misnamer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who misnames something.

    • misnames

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (misname)

    • misname

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.
  • *1994 , Marilyn Sanders Mobley, Folk Roots and Mythic Wings in Sarah Orne Jewett and Toni ... :
    • Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences.
  • *2010 , Sandra Hill, A Tale of Two Vikings :
    • And it was a misname , because the woman who stood before him now in all her naked glory presented a picture beauteous beyond belief—to Vagn, leastways.

    Verb

  • To call by a wrong name.
  • To give an unsuitable or injurious name to; name incorrectly.

    • Coordinate terms

    * misnomer

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