misestimate vs cipher

misestimate is not a noun while cipher is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
misestimate	No	No	Yes	No
cipher	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cipher is a hypernym of misestimate; that is, cipher is a word with a broader meaning than misestimate:

Other hypernyms of misestimate include calculate, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out.

misestimate (noun)	cipher (noun)
	a secret method of writing
	a message written in a secret code
	a person of no influence
	a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
	a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

misestimate (verb)	cipher (verb)
calculate incorrectly	make a mathematical calculation or computation
to reckon wrongly	convert ordinary language into code