misconstrual vs mistaking

misconstrual and mistaking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
misconstrual	Yes	No	No	No
mistaking	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mistaking is a hypernym of misconstrual; that is, mistaking is a word with a broader meaning than misconstrual:

misconstrual: a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)
mistaking: putting the wrong interpretation on

Other hypernyms of misconstrual include misinterpretation, misunderstanding.

misconstrual (noun)	mistaking (noun)
a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)	putting the wrong interpretation on