different between misconceived vs degraded

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misconceived

misconceived (comparative more misconceived, superlative most misconceived)

See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).

degraded (comparative more degraded, superlative most degraded)

Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
- The Netherlands […] were reduced, practically, to a very degraded condition.
(biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
- 1852, James Dwight Dana, Crustacaea
  The Grapsoid species are represented of a degraded form in Porcellana
(heraldry, not comparable) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.

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