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Misworking vs Miswording - What's the difference?

misworking | miswording |

As a noun misworking

is incorrect working; malfunction.

As a verb miswording is

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misworking

English

Noun

  • incorrect working; malfunction
  • * 1843 , Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
  • which apparatus is furnished with a whistle, which gives a continuous shrill call when the water is too low, or if there should be an over-pressure of steam by reason of any misworking of the safety-valve.
  • * 2004 , Rody Politt, ?Joy Pollock, ?Elisabeth Waller, Day-to-Day Dyslexia in the Classroom (page 3)
  • If you are disconcerted when faced with the workings – or misworkings ! – of a machine or a computer and someone comes along and explains them simply and clearly in terms that can be understood, you become more confident.

    miswording

    English

    Verb

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