different between misuse vs misapply

English

Etymology 1

mis- +? use (noun)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?ju?s/

Noun

misuse (countable and uncountable, plural misuses)

1. An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.

Translations

Etymology 2

mis- +? use (verb)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?ju?z/

Verb

misuse (third-person singular simple present misuses, present participle misusing, simple past and past participle misused or (obsolete) misust)

1. (transitive) To use (something) incorrectly. [from 14th c.]
2. (transitive) To abuse or mistreat (something or someone). [from 14th c.]
3. (transitive) To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone). [from 14th c.]
   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 326:

     “If that is true she would be the first case I have ever heard of, as most female captives are misused by the entire tribe.”

4. (obsolete, transitive) To abuse verbally, to insult. [16th-17th c.]

Translations

Anagrams

• Iseums, Muises, mussie

English

Etymology

mis- +? apply

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

misapply (third-person singular simple present misapplies, present participle misapplying, simple past and past participle misapplied)

1. To apply incorrectly; to misuse.
   • 1913, Sir Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, The Revised Reports

     It may be that the jury in this case have misapplied the rule laid down by this Court, but not in favour of the defendants. I cannot help thinking they might well have held the watercourse to be the true boundary line between the two properties.