amiss

In obsolete terms the difference between flaw and amiss

is that flaw is a thin cake, as of ice while amiss is fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

As a verb flaw

is to add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.

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 adjectives the difference between erroneous and amiss

is that erroneous is containing an error; inaccurate 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.

As nouns the difference between amiss and mistake

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

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 verb mistake is

to understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.

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 noun amiss

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

As a verb misconsecrate is

to consecrate amiss.

As adjectives the difference between amiss and miscome

is that amiss is wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice while miscome is (of a child) illegitimate.

As nouns the difference between amiss and miscome

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

As an adverb amiss

is (archaic) mistakenly.

As a verb miscome is

to come wrongly or amiss; come at the wrong time; be inappropriate.

As nouns the difference between amiss and misyield

is that amiss is (obsolete) fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed while misyield is a bad, wrong, or incorrect yield or product.

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 verb misyield is

to yield incorrectly, wrongly, badly, or amiss.