different between inspection vs mistake

English

Alternative forms

• inspexion (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin ?nspecti? (“examination, inspection”), from the verb ?nspici? (“I inspect”), from speci? (“I look at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?sp?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

inspection (countable and uncountable, plural inspections)

1. The act of examining something, often closely.

   Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!

2. An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.

   The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

Synonyms

• examination
• scrutiny

Related terms

• inspect
• inspector

Translations

Anagrams

• cispontine, inceptions

French

Etymology

From Old French inspeccion, from Latin inspecti? (“examination, inspection”), from the verb inspect? (“I inspect”), from spect? (“I observe, I watch”), frequentative of speci? (“I look at”).

Pronunciation

Noun

inspection f (plural inspections)

1. inspection (act of examining something, often closely)

Further reading

• “inspection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry”); equivalent to mis- +? take. Cognate with Icelandic mistaka (“to mistake”), Swedish missta (“to mistake”) (before apocope misstaga). Displaced Middle English misnimen and Middle English misf?n from Old English misf?n (and noun misfeng).

The noun, which replaced earlier mistaking, is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??ste?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k

Verb

mistake (third-person singular simple present mistakes, present participle mistaking, simple past mistook, past participle mistaken)

1. (transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2,^[1]

     My father’s purposes have been mistook;

   • 1777, Samuel Johnson, “Life of the Author” in The Works of Richard Savage with an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, London: T. Evans, Volume I, p. lxi,^[2]

     The reigning error of his life was, that he mistook the love for the practice of virtue, and was indeed not so much a good man, as the friend of goodness.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To misunderstand (someone).
   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act II, Scene 3,^[3]

     Mistake me not, my lord; ’tis not my meaning

     To raze one title of your honour out:

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 1, Book 3, Chapter 6, pp. 122-123,^[4]

     […] at last she so evidently demonstrated her Affection to him to be much stronger than what she bore her own Son, that it was impossible to mistake her any longer.

3. (intransitive, obsolete) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
   • c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act V, Scene 1,^[5]

     Impose me to what penance your invention

     Can lay upon my sin: yet sinn’d I not

     But in mistaking.

   • 1720, Jonathan Swift, “Letter to a Young Clergyman” in The Works of Jonathan Swift, London: Charles Elliot, 1784, Volume 10, pp. 6-7,^[6]

     No gentleman thinks it is safe or prudent to send a servant with a message, without repeating it more than once, and endeavouring to put it into terms brought down to the capacity of the bearer; yet, after all this care, it is frequent for servants to mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstandings among friends […]

4. (obsolete, rare) To take or choose wrongly.
   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, Act III, Scene 1,^[7]

     The better act of purposes mistook

     Is to mistake again; though indirect,

     Yet indirection thereby grows direct,

   • 1716, Alexander Pope (translator), The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintott, Volume 2, Book 8, lines 151-152, p. 252,^[8]

     The Spear with erring Haste mistook its way,

     But plung’d in Eniopeus’ Bosom lay.

Translations

Related terms

• mistaken

Noun

mistake (plural mistakes)

1. An error; a blunder.
   • 1877, Henry Heth, quoting Robert E. Lee, in "Causes of the Defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the Battle of GettysburgOpinions of Leading Confederate Soldiers.", Southern Historical Society Papers (1877), editor Rev. J. WM. Jones [9]

     After it is all over, as stupid a fellow as I am can see that mistakes were made. I notice, however, that my mistakes are never told me until it is too late.

2. (baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.

Usage notes

• Usually make a mistake. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:error

Derived terms

• mistakeless
• make no mistake
• spelling mistake

Translations

Anagrams

• ketmias, makes it

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English mistake.

Noun

mistake m (plural mistakes)

1. (Louisiana, Cajun French) error, mistake