Blunder vs. Mistake — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Blunder and Mistake
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Blunder
A stupid or careless mistake
She stopped, finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made
Mistake
An act or judgement that is misguided or wrong
She made the mistake of thinking they were important
Coming here was a mistake
Blunder
Make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily
He knew he'd blundered
Mistake
Be wrong about
Because I was inexperienced I mistook the nature of our relationship
Blunder
A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
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Mistake
An error or fault resulting from defective judgment, deficient knowledge, or carelessness.
Blunder
To make a mistake.
Mistake
A misconception or misunderstanding.
Blunder
To move clumsily or haltingly.
Mistake
To understand wrongly; misinterpret
Mistook my politeness for friendliness.
Blunder
To make a mistake in; botch
Would-be thieves blundering a break-in.
Mistake
To recognize or identify incorrectly
He mistook her for her sister.
Blunder
To utter (something) stupidly or thoughtlessly.
Mistake
To make a mistake; err.
Blunder
A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
Mistake
(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar.
Don't mistake my kindness for weakness.
Blunder
(chess) A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
Mistake
To misunderstand (someone).
Blunder
(intransitive) To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
To blunder in preparing a medical prescription
Mistake
To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
Blunder
(intransitive) To move blindly or clumsily.
Mistake
To take or choose wrongly.
Blunder
(transitive) To cause to make a mistake.
Mistake
An error; a blunder.
There were too many mistakes in the test, that unfortunately you failed.
Blunder
(transitive) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
Mistake
(baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.
Blunder
To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.
Mistake
To take or choose wrongly.
Blunder
To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble.
I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow.
Yet knows not how to find the uncertain place,And blunders on, and staggers every pace.
Mistake
To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.
My father's purposes have been mistook.
Blunder
To cause to blunder.
Mistake
To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.
A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it.
Blunder
To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
He blunders and confounds all these together.
Mistake
To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
Mistake me not so much,To think my poverty is treacherous.
Blunder
Confusion; disturbance.
Mistake
To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.
Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends.
Blunder
A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance.
Mistake
An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of mistake.
Blunder
An embarrassing mistake
Mistake
Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.
Blunder
Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake;
I blundered during the job interview
Mistake
A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;
He made a bad mistake
She was quick to point out my errors
I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults
Blunder
Make one's way clumsily or blindly;
He fumbled towards the door
Mistake
An understanding of something that is not correct;
He wasn't going to admit his mistake
Make no mistake about his intentions
There must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister
Blunder
Utter impulsively;
He blurted out the secret
He blundered his stupid ideas
Mistake
Part of a statement that is not correct;
The book was full of errors
Mistake
Identify incorrectly;
Don't mistake her for her twin sister
Mistake
To make a mistake or be incorrect
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