different between misstate vs misword

English

Etymology

From mis- +? state.

Verb

misstate (third-person singular simple present misstates, present participle misstating, simple past and past participle misstated)

1. To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.

   The speaker misstated the year of his grandfather's birth by a hundred years, but it was an honest mistake: how often does one speak of the 1800s?

Translations

Anagrams

• etatisms, mistaste

English

Etymology 1

mis- +? word; formed separately from Etymology 2.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?s?w??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?s?w?d/

Verb

misword (third-person singular simple present miswords, present participle miswording, simple past and past participle misworded)

1. (transitive) To word incorrectly.

   I misworded my offer: I meant help, not rescue.

Synonyms

• misphrase
• misstate

Etymology 2

From Middle English mysword; equivalent to mis- +? word.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?s?w??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?s?w?d/

Noun

misword (plural miswords)

1. (obsolete, in later use dialectal) An insult.

Middle English

Noun

misword

1. Alternative form of mysword