different between misappreciate vs misappreciation

English

Etymology

mis- +? appreciate

Verb

misappreciate (third-person singular simple present misappreciates, present participle misappreciating, simple past and past participle misappreciated)

1. (transitive) To appreciate improperly; to fail to understand in the right way.

English

Etymology

mis- +? appreciation

Noun

misappreciation (countable and uncountable, plural misappreciations)

1. A failure to correctly and completely understand; an incorrect notion or belief that is a result of such a failure.

   It is the duty of the individual juror to strive to avoid any misappreciation of the evidence, no matter how it is represented by the barristers.

   Although he claims to be a postmodernist, his misappreciation of the philosophy is such that he still clings to the idea of absolute truth.
2. (dated) An observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing.

Synonyms

• (failure to understand): misunderstanding, misapprehension; error, mistake
• (failure to appreciate): scorn, disdain, despisement

Related terms

• disappreciation
• misappreciate