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miss vs fail

fail vs miss

miss is a noun but fail is not a noun.

miss and fail both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
miss Yes No Yes No
fail No No Yes No
As verbs, fail is a hypernym of miss; that is, fail is a word with a broader meaning than miss:
  • miss: fail to reach or get to
  • fail: be unsuccessful
Other hypernyms of miss include go wrong, miscarry.
As verbs, fail is a hypernym of miss; that is, fail is a word with a broader meaning than miss:
  • miss: fail to attend an event or activity
  • fail: fail to do something; leave something undone
Other hypernyms of miss include neglect.
miss (noun) fail (noun)
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
a young female
miss (verb) fail (verb)
leave undone or leave out stop operating or functioning
fail to experience deteriorate
fail to reach prove insufficient
feel or suffer from the lack of disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
fail to reach or get to become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind be unsuccessful
be without fail to get a passing grade
fail to attend an event or activity fail to do something; leave something undone
be absent judge unacceptable
be unable
fall short in what is expected
Difference between miss and fail

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