mix-up

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

mix-up
    n 1: a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another;
         "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the
         notorious outlaw" [syn: {confusion}, {mix-up}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mix-up \mix-up\ n.
   a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.

   Syn: confusion, confounding.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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