different between misnomer vs unquote

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

Etymology

un- +? quote; possibly an eggcorn of end quote.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??t

Interjection

unquote

1. Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
   • 2012, Jim Broadbent as Vyvyan Ayrs, Cloud Atlas, circa 1:28:04

     Mackerras himself wrote, and I quote: "He is a prostitute, whose liaisons with perverts and sodomites were commonplace in his brief and forgettable career at Caius. Lock up the silverware." Unquote.

Translations

See also

• quote unquote

Verb

unquote (third-person singular simple present unquotes, present participle unquoting, simple past and past participle unquoted)

1. (transitive, computing) To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form.