misfit vs ape

misfit and ape both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
misfit	Yes	No	No	No
ape	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, ape is a hyponym of misfit; that is, ape is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than misfit:

Other hyponyms of misfit include anthropoid, dork, jerk, addle-head, addlehead, birdbrain, loon.

misfit (noun)	ape (noun)
someone unable to adapt to their circumstances	any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
	person who resembles a nonhuman primate
	someone who copies the words or behavior of another

misfit (verb)	ape (verb)
	represent in or produce a caricature of
	imitate uncritically and in every aspect