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amiss

Digress vs Amiss - What's the difference?

digress | amiss |


As a verb digress

is to step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.

As an adjective amiss is

wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

As an adverb amiss is

(archaic) mistakenly.

As a noun amiss is

(obsolete) fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

Amiss vs Missed - What's the difference?

amiss | missed |


As an adjective amiss

is wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

As an adverb amiss

is (archaic) mistakenly.

As a noun amiss

is (obsolete) fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

As a verb missed is

(miss).

Amiss vs Inappropriately - What's the difference?

amiss | inappropriately |


As adverbs the difference between amiss and inappropriately

is that amiss is mistakenly while inappropriately is in an inappropriate manner.

As an adjective amiss

is wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

As a noun amiss

is fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

Antics vs Amiss - What's the difference?

antics | amiss |


As nouns the difference between antics and amiss

is that antics is while amiss is (obsolete) fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

As a verb antics

is (antic).

As an adjective amiss is

wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

As an adverb amiss is

(archaic) mistakenly.

Amiss vs Wrongly - What's the difference?

amiss | wrongly |


As adverbs the difference between amiss and wrongly

is that amiss is mistakenly while wrongly is in an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly.

As an adjective amiss

is wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

As a noun amiss

is fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

Amiss vs Defective - What's the difference?

amiss | defective |


As adjectives the difference between amiss and defective

is that amiss is wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice while defective is .

As an adverb amiss

is (archaic) mistakenly.

As a noun amiss

is (obsolete) fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

Amiss vs Amiss - What's the difference?

amiss | amiss |


In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between amiss and amiss

is that amiss is (archaic) wrongly while amiss is (archaic) wrongly.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between amiss and amiss

is that amiss is (obsolete) fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed while amiss is (obsolete) fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

As adjectives the difference between amiss and amiss

is that amiss is wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice while amiss is wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

As adverbs the difference between amiss and amiss

is that amiss is (archaic) mistakenly while amiss is (archaic) mistakenly.

As nouns the difference between amiss and amiss

is that amiss is (obsolete) fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed while amiss is (obsolete) fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

Amiss vs Apart - What's the difference?

amiss | apart |


As adverbs the difference between amiss and apart

is that amiss is (archaic) mistakenly while apart is separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.

As an adjective amiss

is wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

As a noun amiss

is (obsolete) fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

As a preposition apart is

(following its objective complement) apart from.

Incorrect vs Amiss - What's the difference?

incorrect | amiss |


As adjectives the difference between incorrect and amiss

is that incorrect is not correct; erroneous or wrong while amiss is wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

As an adverb amiss is

(archaic) mistakenly.

As a noun amiss is

(obsolete) fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

Amiss vs Miss - What's the difference?

amiss | miss |


As nouns the difference between amiss and miss

is that amiss is fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed while miss is a failure to hit.

As an adjective amiss

is wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

As an adverb amiss

is mistakenly.

As a verb miss is

to fail to hit.

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