Misperception vs Misnomer - What's the difference?
misperception | misnomer |
A use of a term that is misleading; a misname.
A term that is misleading.
A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense.
As nouns the difference between misperception and misnomer
is that misperception is an incorrect perception while misnomer is a use of a term that is misleading; a misname.As a verb misnomer is
(transitive) to use a misleading term; to misname.misnomer
English
(wikipedia misnomer)Noun
(en noun)- Calling it a driveway is a bit of a misnomer , since you don't ''drive'' on it, you ''park'' on it.
- Chinese checkers is a misnomer since the game has nothing to do with China.