skip vs mistake

mistake vs skip

skip and mistake both are nouns.

skip and mistake both are verbs.

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

As nouns, mistake is a hypernym of skip; that is, mistake is a word with a broader meaning than skip:

skip: a mistake resulting from neglect
mistake: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Other hypernyms of skip include error, fault.

skip (noun)	mistake (noun)
a mistake resulting from neglect	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
a gait in which steps and hops alternate	an understanding of something that is not correct
	part of a statement that is not correct

skip (verb)	mistake (verb)
bypass	to make a mistake or be incorrect
cause to skip over a surface	identify incorrectly
jump lightly
leave suddenly
bound off one point after another
intentionally fail to attend

Difference between skip and mistake

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