different between miscast vs typecast

English

Etymology

From Middle English miscasten, equivalent to mis- +? cast.

Pronunciation

• (verb, adjective) IPA^(key): /m?s?kæst/, /m?s?k??st/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /?m?skæst/, /?m?sk??st/

Verb

miscast (third-person singular simple present miscasts, present participle miscasting, simple past and past participle miscast)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To cast or reckon incorrectly.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To cast or direct erroneously or improperly.

   to miscast a glance

3. To cast an actor in an inappropriate role.
4. To make an error when casting a vote.

Translations

Noun

miscast (plural miscasts)

1. An erroneous cast or reckoning.

Adjective

miscast (not comparable)

1. Erroneously cast

Anagrams

• Stimacs, castism, mastics, misacts

English

Etymology

type +? cast

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ta?p.k??st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ta?p.kæst/

Verb

typecast (third-person singular simple present typecasts, present participle typecasting, simple past and past participle typecast or typecasted)

1. (acting) To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
2. To identify someone as being of a specific type because of their appearance, colour, religion etc.
3. (programming) To cast (change of data type of a variable or object).

   Does anyone know how to typecast a String in Java into an int?

4. (printing, historical) To found type in a mold.
   • 1967, Inland Printer, American Lithographer (volume 159, part 2, page 116)

     Duensing has elected to resuscitate and typecast faces that in the main might be termed scholarly in nature […]

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