boo-boo vs misstep

misstep vs boo-boo

boo-boo and misstep both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
boo-boo	Yes	No	No	No
misstep	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, misstep is a hyponym of boo-boo; that is, misstep is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than boo-boo:

boo-boo: an embarrassing mistake
misstep: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

Other hyponyms of boo-boo include bobble, snafu, spectacle, bull, fumble, muff, fluff, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecism, howler, clanger, stumble, trip-up, trip.

boo-boo (noun)	misstep (noun)
an embarrassing mistake	an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

Difference between boo-boo and misstep

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