identify vs misidentify

identify and misidentify both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
identify	No	No	Yes	No
misidentify	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, misidentify is a hyponym of identify; that is, misidentify is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than identify:

Other hyponyms of identify include mistake, type, typecast, taste.

identify (verb)	misidentify (verb)
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something	identify incorrectly
identify as in botany or biology, for example
consider to be equal or the same
conceive of as united or associated
consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else
give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property