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Misplace vs Mismatch - What's the difference?

misplace | mismatch |

As verbs the difference between misplace and mismatch

is that misplace is to put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay while mismatch is to match unsuitably; to fail to match.

As a noun mismatch is

something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.

misplace

English

Verb

(misplac)
  • To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay
  • (figuratively) To apply one's talents inappropriately.
  • To put something in the wrong location.

    • Synonyms

    * mislay

    mismatch

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (es)
  • To match unsuitably; to fail to match

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=After all the trepidation born of Holland's toils home and away against these opponents in qualification for Euro 2012, and the pockmarked nature of the pitch, this was exposed as a mismatch from the opening exchanges. }}