misunderstanding

misunderstanding
    n 1: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation
         of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking
         her meaning" [syn: {misinterpretation}, {misunderstanding},
         {mistaking}]
    2: an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't
       going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his
       intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't
       have a sister" [syn: {mistake}, {misunderstanding},
       {misapprehension}]
    

Misunderstanding \Mis*un`der*stand"ing\, n.
   1. Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. --Bacon.
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   2. Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.
      "Misunderstandings among friends." --Swift.
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Misunderstand \Mis*un`der*stand"\
   (m[i^]s*[u^]n`d[~e]r*st[a^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Misunderstood} (m[i^]s*[u^]n`d[~e]r*st[oo^]d"); p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Misunderstanding}.]
   To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a
   wrong sense.
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73 Moby Thesaurus words for "misunderstanding":
      abuse of terms, agreement to disagree, argument, catachresis,
      clerical error, contorting, controversy, corrigendum,
      cross-purposes, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty,
      disagreement, discord, disparity, dispute, dissension, distortion,
      dividedness, division, eisegesis, erratum, error, failure, fault,
      faute, garbling, gloss, human error, malentendu, malobservation,
      misapplication, misapprehension, miscalculation, miscarriage,
      miscitation, misconception, misconstruction, miscount, misdeal,
      misexplanation, misexplication, misexposition, misidentification,
      misintelligence, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misplay, misprint,
      misquotation, misreading, misrendering, misreport, miss,
      misstatement, mistake, mistaking, mistranslation, misuse,
      misuse of words, odds, perversion, polarization, quarrel, rift,
      squeezing, torturing, twisting, typo, typographical error,
      variance, wrenching, wrong impression