Misrepresentation vs Mischaracterization - What's the difference?
misrepresentation | mischaracterization |
Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as, to injure one's character by misrepresentations.
Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
In map-making, faultiness in a map-projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.
The act of characterizing something in an inaccurate or misleading way
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 12, author=Danny Hakim, title=Legislature Acts to Restore Spitzer’s Cuts in Health Care, work=New York Times
, passage=In a statement last month, Mr. Spitzer said, “No amount of distortion, scare tactics and mischaracterization will change the underlying fact that New York’s health care system is broken.” }}
As nouns the difference between misrepresentation and mischaracterization
is that misrepresentation is erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as, to injure one's character by misrepresentations while mischaracterization is the act of characterizing something in an inaccurate or misleading way.misrepresentation
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* mischaracterisation (mostly UK)Noun
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