mistake vs smirch

smirch vs mistake

mistake and smirch both are nouns.

mistake and smirch both are verbs.

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

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

mistake: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
smirch: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

Other hyponyms of mistake include blot, smear, 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, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity, renege, revoke.

mistake (noun)	smirch (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
an understanding of something that is not correct	a blemish made by dirt
part of a statement that is not correct

mistake (verb)	smirch (verb)
to make a mistake or be incorrect	charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
identify incorrectly	smear so as to make dirty or stained

Difference between mistake and smirch

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