different between misjudge vs misdeem

English

Etymology

mis- +? judge

Verb

misjudge (third-person singular simple present misjudges, present participle misjudging, simple past and past participle misjudged)

1. To make an error in judging, to incorrectly assess.

   I misjudged you. I don't like your politics but I appreciate your loyalty to your friends.

English

Etymology

Late 14th century, from Middle English misdemen, equivalent to mis- +? deem. Cognate with Icelandic misdæma (“to misjudge”).

Verb

misdeem (third-person singular simple present misdeems, present participle misdeeming, simple past and past participle misdeemed)

1. To misjudge, to deem wrongly.
   • 1500s, Edmund Spenser, sonnet:

     The doubt which ye misdeem, fair love, is vain, / That fondly fear to lose your liberty; / […]

   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, X, xxxviii:

     Nor say I this for that I aught misdeem / That Egypt's promis'd succors fail us might.

References

• misdeem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.