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Misidentify Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ify

Misidentify has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

identify incorrectly

"Don't mistake her for her twin sister"

2

To mistake the identity.

See Also
misidentifying misidentifier misidentification identity mistake misidentifies misrecognize
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
identify
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
confuse
Rhyming Words
ify reify waify edify deify unify ignify nidify wikify verify ramify minify aerify ossify sanify finify munify ethify notify omnify
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