different between mistaken vs misdeeming

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?te?k?n/
• Rhymes: -e?k?n

Verb

mistaken

1. past participle of mistake

   I'm frequently mistaken for my brother.

Adjective

mistaken (comparative more mistaken, superlative most mistaken)

1. Erroneous.

   A mistaken sense of loyalty.

2. (with a copula verb, often with about) Having an incorrect belief.

   I think you must be mistaken.

   He admitted he was mistaken about the budget numbers.

Usage notes

• The phrase if I'm not mistaken (and variations) is used to indicate that one is uncertain about something one has said.
• Nouns to which mistaken is often applied: identity, belief, notion, view, assumption, impression, idea, thinking, identification, diagnosis, interpretation, person, opinion, conclusion, judgment, conception, perception, theory, reading, concept.

Derived terms

• mistaken identity

Translations

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• mankiest

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m?s?di?m??/

Verb

misdeeming

1. present participle of misdeem

Adjective

misdeeming (comparative more misdeeming, superlative most misdeeming)

1. (now rare) Judging wrongly; mistaken.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i:

     Those two he tooke, and in a secret bed, / Couered with darknesse and misdeeming night, / Them both together laid, to ioy in vaine delight.

Noun

misdeeming (plural misdeemings)

1. (rare) misjudgment