mistake vs misunderstanding

mistake and misunderstanding both are nouns.

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

As nouns, mistake and misunderstanding are synonyms defined as:

mistake and misunderstanding: an understanding of something that is not correct

Other synonyms of mistake include misapprehension.

mistake (noun)	misunderstanding (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	an understanding of something that is not correct
an understanding of something that is not correct	putting the wrong interpretation on
part of a statement that is not correct

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