mistake vs incursion

incursion vs mistake

mistake and incursion both are nouns.

mistake is a verb but incursion is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mistake	Yes	No	Yes	No
incursion	Yes	No	No	No

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

mistake: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
incursion: the mistake of incurring liability or blame

Other hyponyms of mistake include blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain, confusion, mix-up, miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning, distortion, miscue, parapraxis, slip-up, slip, offside, lapse, oversight, omission, skip, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity, renege, revoke.

mistake (noun)	incursion (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
an understanding of something that is not correct	the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
part of a statement that is not correct	the mistake of incurring liability or blame

mistake (verb)	incursion (verb)
to make a mistake or be incorrect
identify incorrectly

Difference between mistake and incursion

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