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Misnomer vs Misidentify - What's the difference?

misnomer | misidentify |

As verbs the difference between misnomer and misidentify

is that misnomer is (transitive) to use a misleading term; to misname while misidentify is to mistake the identity.

As a noun misnomer

is a use of a term that is misleading; a misname.

misnomer

English

(wikipedia misnomer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A use of a term that is misleading; a misname.
    • Calling it a driveway is a bit of a misnomer , since you don't ''drive'' on it, you ''park'' on it.
  • A term that is misleading.
    • Chinese checkers is a misnomer since the game has nothing to do with China.
  • A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense.

    • Usage notes

    The term (misnomer) is sometimes used autologically as "something asserted not to be true; a myth or mistaken belief", as in the following example: : It's a misnomer that engineers can't write.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

    * catachresis

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive) To use a misleading term; to misname.

    • Anagrams

    *

    misidentify

    English

    Verb

  • To mistake the identity.