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Mishold vs Missold - What's the difference?

mishold | missold |

As verbs the difference between mishold and missold

is that mishold is to hold wrongly, badly, or amiss; lose hold (of); abuse; neglect while missold is (british) (missell).

As a noun mishold

is a wrong, bad, or faulty hold.

mishold

English

Verb

  • To hold wrongly, badly, or amiss; lose hold (of); abuse; neglect.
  • *1971 , Hamlet Bareh, Khasi fables and folk-tales :
    • Kedang while attempting to catch hold of the safe, happened to mishold and fell in the lake where she was drowned; Saika's right hand was also in the safe, but it became stuck in its lid that she could no longer pull it out again.
  • *2006 , Macherla Diwakar, A little of it :
    • He says that wealth, along with sex and power, is the most sought after and misheld and misused by those who possess it.
  • *2011 , Neal L. Veldenax, Baby Boomer Female Names :
    • This would help lower my anxiety and make certain that I would not mishold , or God forbid, drop the precious package.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wrong, bad, or faulty hold.
  • *1896 , Joseph Sanger Davies, Dolomite strongholds :
    • There was no indecision, no mishold , no stone dislodged, and he possessed such marvellous breathing power, that on reaching a fair foothold he promptly turned and began to haul at the rope without pause or hesitation.
  • *1930 , Virginia Tracy, The moment after - Page 231 :
    • A misstep, mishold , a hundredth of an instant's lack of balance.

    missold

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mis-sold

    Verb

    (head)
  • (British) (missell)
    • Rohit was missold his endowment mortgage.
    Annuities are being routinely missold to unsuspecting clients.