smear vs mistake

mistake vs smear

smear and mistake both are nouns.

smear and mistake both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of smear include error, fault.

smear (noun)	mistake (noun)
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
a blemish made by dirt	an understanding of something that is not correct
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope	part of a statement that is not correct
slanderous defamation

smear (verb)	mistake (verb)
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone	to make a mistake or be incorrect
make a smudge on; soil by smudging	identify incorrectly
stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

Difference between smear and mistake

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