Difference between Mistake and Misapprehension

What is the difference between Mistake and Misapprehension?

Mistake as a noun is an error; a blunder. while Misapprehension as a noun is a failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding

Mistake

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An error; a blunder. A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another. To make an error, to do something in wrong way.

Example sentence: Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Misapprehension

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding

We hope you now know whether to use Mistake or Misapprehension in your sentence.

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