What is another word for mistake for?

Pronunciation: [mɪstˈe͡ɪk fɔː] (IPA)

"Mistake for" is a phrase that is used to describe the act of identifying one thing as another. There are several synonyms to describe this, including confuse, mix up, misidentify, misinterpret, misread, misunderstand, and miscalculate. Confuse and mix up are interchangeable and can be used when one to two things are similar, such as identifying two different kinds of plants or animals. Misidentify and misinterpret are used when identifying people or places, while misread and misunderstand are more appropriate for misinterpreting written or spoken information. Finally, miscalculate is used when one incorrectly estimates or calculates a measure or value. All of these synonyms help to accurately describe mistaking one thing for another.

What are the hypernyms for Mistake for?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Mistake for

  • It would be a tragic mistake for us out here to imagine that Bush represents the hearts and the minds of the majority of your countrymen. Many of your black and other compatriots must be just as anguished as we are.
    Breyten Breytenbach
  • It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan.
    Richard Curtis
  • So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare.
    David Dinkins
  • Sure I should have been at the Fifa workshop for example, but I had personal reasons for not being there and looking back saying that it was a mistake for me not being there I would take the same decision because the personal situation has higher priority than a workshop.
    Jurgen Klinsmann
  • It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.
    Henry Moore

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