Relocated vs Mislocated - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between relocated and mislocated

is that relocated is (relocate) while mislocated is (mislocate).

(head)

(relocate)

(en-verb)

to move (something) from one place to another.

We had to relocate the magazine rack because we bruised our shins on it too frequently when it was near the door.

to change one's domicile or place of business.

Alfred relocated to Colorado Springs to take advantage of the boom in the defense industry.

(head)

(mislocate)

(mislocat)

To locate incorrectly.

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 4, author=Fred A. Bernstein, title=Lifting a High Ranch to New Heights, work=New York Times citation

, passage=The first time the wall was poured, the seams in the form (which produced corresponding lines in the concrete) were mislocated . }}