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mistake vs botch

botch vs mistake

mistake and botch both are nouns.

mistake and botch both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mistake Yes No Yes No
botch Yes No Yes No
As nouns, botch is a hyponym of mistake; that is, botch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mistake:
  • mistake: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  • botch: an embarrassing mistake
Other hyponyms of mistake include blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain, confusion, mix-up, incursion, miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning, distortion, miscue, parapraxis, slip-up, slip, offside, lapse, oversight, omission, skip, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity, renege, revoke.
mistake (noun) botch (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention an embarrassing mistake
an understanding of something that is not correct
part of a statement that is not correct
mistake (verb) botch (verb)
to make a mistake or be incorrect make a mess of, destroy or ruin
identify incorrectly
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