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Unquote vs Misquote - What's the difference?

unquote | misquote |

As an interjection unquote

is .

As a verb misquote is

to incorrectly recite a quote.

unquote

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
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  • Mackerras himself wrote, and I quote: "He is a prostitute, whose liaisons with perverts and sodomites were commonplace in his brief and forgettable career at Caius. Lock up the silverware." Unquote .

    See also

    * (l)

    misquote

    English

    Verb

  • To incorrectly recite a quote.
  • :I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare.
  • To incorrectly record a quote.
  • :The newspaper had to publish a correction after they misquoted the President.