different between misconstrual vs misunderstanding

English

Etymology

misconstrue +? -al

Noun

misconstrual (countable and uncountable, plural misconstruals)

1. A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.

Synonyms

• misconstruction

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?s?nd??stænd??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?s?nd??stænd??/
• Rhymes: -ænd??
• Hyphenation: mis?un?der?stand?ing

Noun

misunderstanding (plural misunderstandings)

1. A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
   • 1965, Haile Selassie, African Liberation Day speech

     Because of misunderstandings among certain member states of the Organization of African Unity's voices have been occasionally raised recently against the convocation of the Assembly in Accra. Nonetheless, the regular Assembly of the Heads of State and Government was, in the first place, designed to find peaceful solutions, through deliberations and frank exchange of views to such misunderstandings among member-states.

2. A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.

Translations

Verb

misunderstanding

1. Present participle and gerund of misunderstand.

Further reading

• misunderstanding in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• misunderstanding in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.zan.der?st?n.din?/

Noun

misunderstanding m (invariable)

1. (informal, neologism) misunderstanding, misconception, incomprehension

   Synonyms: equivoco, fraintendimento, incomprensione, malinteso, qui pro quo