stain vs mistake

mistake vs stain

stain and mistake both are nouns.

stain and mistake both are verbs.

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

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

stain: 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 stain include error, fault.

stain (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 soiled or discolored appearance	an understanding of something that is not correct
a symbol of disgrace or infamy	part of a statement that is not correct
anything regarded as making something unclean
(microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible

stain (verb)	mistake (verb)
produce or leave stains	to make a mistake or be incorrect
color with a liquid dye or tint	identify incorrectly
color for microscopic study
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

Difference between stain and mistake

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