different between misnomer vs misnaming

English

Etymology

From Middle English misnoumer, from Anglo-Norman mesnomer, noun use of Anglo-Norman and Old French verb mesnomer (“to name incorrectly”), from mes- (“mis-”) + nomer (“to name”) (from Latin n?min?re).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?s?n??m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m?s?no?m?/
• Rhymes: -??m?(r)

Noun

misnomer (plural misnomers)

1. A use of a term that is misleading; a misname.

   Synonym: misname

   • 1994, Illinois. Appellate Court, Stephen Davis Porter, Illinois Appellate reports (page 257)

2. A term that is misleading.

3. A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense.
4. (proscribed, nonstandard) something asserted not to be true; a myth or mistaken belief

Translations

Antonyms

• aptronym

See also

• catachresis

Verb

misnomer (third-person singular simple present misnomers, present participle misnomering, simple past and past participle misnomered)

1. (transitive) To use a misleading term; to misname.

Anagrams

• semi-norm, seminorm

English

Noun

misnaming (plural misnamings)

1. The act of calling something by its wrong name

Verb

misnaming

1. present participle of misname