different between misdeed vs misheed

English

Etymology

From Middle English misdede, from Old English misd?d (“misdeed”), from Proto-Germanic *missad?diz (“misdeed”); equivalent to mis- +? deed. Cognate with Scots misded (“misdeed”), West Frisian misdied (“misdeed”), Dutch misdaad (“misdeed”), German Missetat (“misdeed”), Swedish missdåd (“misdeed”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????????? (missad?þs, “misdeed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?di?d/

Noun

misdeed (plural misdeeds)

1. That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.

   The petty misdeeds of his youth came back to haunt him when he ran for political office and his character was smeared.

Synonyms

• misdemeanor
• misdoing

Related terms

• misdo
• misdoer

Translations

See also

• mischief

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Medised, demised, meddies, medised

English

Etymology

From mis- +? heed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?hi?d/

Verb

misheed (third-person singular simple present misheeds, present participle misheeding, simple past and past participle misheeded)

1. (transitive) To heed amiss; fail to heed.

Synonyms

• overlook; see also Thesaurus:fail to notice or Thesaurus:ignore

Noun

misheed (uncountable)

1. Failure to heed or care; heedlessness.
   • 2014, Snorri Sturleson, Saemund Sigfusson, Saxo Grammaticus, The Viking Anthology:

     And whereas you thought the ring broke in two through some misheed of yours, and blood came from the two pieces, that shows that this husband of yours will be slain, and then you will think you see for the first time clearly all the flaws of that match.