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Mistake vs Misinterpret - What's the difference?

mistake | misinterpret |

As verbs the difference between mistake and misinterpret

is that mistake is to understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else while misinterpret is to make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand.

As a noun mistake

is an error; a blunder.

mistake

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An error; a blunder.
  • * 1877 , Henry Heth, quoting , in "Causes of the Defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the Battle of GettysburgOpinions of Leading Confederate Soldiers.", Southern Historical Society Papers (1877), editor Rev. J. WM. Jones [http://books.google.com/books?id=iDIFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA292&dq=lee+%22mistakes+were+made%22&hl=en&ei=fchaTbu4L8L98AaVs4n-DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=lee%20%22mistakes%20were%20made%22&f=false]
    • After it is all over, as stupid a fellow as I am can see that mistakes' were made. I notice, however, that my ' mistakes are never told me until it is too late.
  • (baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Usage notes

    * Usually make a mistake. See

    Verb

  • To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.
    • Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My father's purposes have been mistook .
  • * Johnson
    • A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it.
  • To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Servants mistake , and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends.
  • (obsolete, rare) To take or choose wrongly.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Derived terms

    * mistakeless

    Related terms

    * mistaken English irregular verbs 1000 English basic words

    misinterpret

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=August 5 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993) citation , page= , passage=For Ralph, any encouragement is too much. When Lisa gives Ralph a valentine bearing that locomotive pun that so affected The Simpsons’ showrunner, Ralph misinterprets the gesture as a genuine display of romantic interest rather than a gesture of pity from a thoughtful young geek to a friendless goober. }}

    Derived terms

    * misinterpretable * misinterpretation * misinterpreter