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Misorder vs Missort - What's the difference?

misorder | missort |

In transitive terms the difference between misorder and missort

is that misorder is to sort or arrange incorrectly while missort is to sort incorrectly; to misorder.

misorder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) irregularity; disorder
    • (Camden)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sort or arrange incorrectly.
    • (Webster 1913)

    missort

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sort incorrectly; to misorder.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 17, author=Phillip Alder, title=A Forgetful Bidding Moment, but Lady Luck Comes Calling, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=And if four clubs was to be taken as natural, presumably South had missorted his hand, perhaps originally thinking he had 4-3-3-3 distribution when he was really 7-3-3-0; or, more likely, he had a six-card club suit and was willing to risk ending in four no-trump if North did not have extra values. }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something incorrectly sorted.