Misuse vs Misappropriate - What's the difference?
misuse | misappropriate | Synonyms |
An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 4
, author=Lewis Smith
, title=Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?
, work=the Guardian
To use (something) incorrectly.
To abuse or mistreat (something or someone).
(obsolete) To abuse verbally, to insult.
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To use something wrongly, or illegally
To embezzle
Misappropriate is a synonym of misuse.
As verbs the difference between misuse and misappropriate
is that misuse is to use (something) incorrectly while misappropriate is to use something wrongly, or illegally.As a noun misuse
is an incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.misuse
English
Etymology 1
(mis-) +Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.}}
Etymology 2
From (mis-) +Verb
(misus)- Socrates was brought upon the stage by Aristophanes, and misused to his face: but he laughed, as if it concerned him not […].
