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Mistaken vs Misdeeming - What's the difference?

mistaken | misdeeming |

As verbs the difference between mistaken and misdeeming

is that mistaken is past participle of lang=en while misdeeming is present participle of misdeem.

As adjectives the difference between mistaken and misdeeming

is that mistaken is erroneous while misdeeming is judging wrongly; mistaken.

mistaken

English

Verb

(head)
    • I'm frequently mistaken for my brother.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Erroneous.
    • This is a clear case of mistaken identity.
  • Having an incorrect belief.
    • I think you must be mistaken .
    He admitted he was mistaken about the budget numbers.

    Usage notes

    * The phrase (and variations) is used to indicate that one is uncertain about something one has said. * Nouns to which (term) is often applied: identity, belief, notion, view, assumption, impression, idea, thinking, identification, diagnosis, interpretation, person, opinion, conclusion, judgment, conception, perception, theory, reading, concept.

    Derived terms

    * mistaken identity

    Anagrams

    * English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles

    misdeeming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Judging wrongly; mistaken.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i:
    • Those two he tooke, and in a secret bed, / Couered with darknesse and misdeeming night, / Them both together laid, to ioy in vaine delight.