miscarry vs miss

miss vs miscarry

miscarry is not a noun while miss is a noun.

miscarry and miss both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
miscarry	No	No	Yes	No
miss	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

miscarry: be unsuccessful
miss: fail to reach or get to

Other hyponyms of miscarry include take it on the chin, overreach, ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil, strike out, fall, shipwreck, fall flat, fall through, flop, founder.

miscarry (noun)	miss (noun)
	a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
	a young female

miscarry (verb)	miss (verb)
suffer a miscarriage	leave undone or leave out
be unsuccessful	fail to experience
	fail to reach
	feel or suffer from the lack of
	fail to reach or get to
	fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
	be without
	fail to attend an event or activity
	be absent

Difference between miscarry and miss

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