Misplaced vs Dislocated - What's the difference?
misplaced | dislocated |
(misplace)
Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.
Lost; disoriented.
(dislocate)
to put something out of its usual place
(medicine) to (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint
* {{quote-book
, year= a1420
, year_published= 1894
, author= The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056
, by= (Lanfranc of Milan)
, title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie."
, url= http://books.google.com/books?id=6XktAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63
, original=
, chapter= Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone
, section=
, isbn= 1163911380
, edition=
, publisher= K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co
, location= London
, editor= Robert von Fleischhacker
, volume=
, page= 63
, passage= Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate , til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
}}
* Bill dislocated his shoulder in the fall.
As verbs the difference between misplaced and dislocated
is that misplaced is past tense of misplace while dislocated is past tense of dislocate.As an adjective misplaced
is uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.misplaced
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- I felt so misplaced at that party last night.
- I was looking for the supermarket but then I got misplaced .