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Blunder vs. Mistake — What's the Difference?

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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