Underestimate vs Miscalculate - What's the difference?
underestimate | miscalculate |
To perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.
To incorrectly calculate; to make a gross error in judgement.
To make a gross error in judgement.
As verbs the difference between underestimate and miscalculate
is that underestimate is to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc, than what he/she/it actually has while miscalculate is to incorrectly calculate; to make a gross error in judgement.As a noun underestimate
is an estimate or perception that is too low.underestimate
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(underestimat)Synonyms
* misunderestimate * misjudgeAntonyms
* (to perceive as having lower value) overestimateSynonyms
* underestimationSee also
* (wikipedia underestimate)miscalculate
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- They miscalculated , by assuming it was standard, not metric.