Gaffe vs. Mistake

Gaffenoun

A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

Gaffenoun

A socially awkward or tactless act.

Gaffenoun

a socially awkward or tactless act

Gaffenoun

an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder

Mistakenoun

An error; a blunder.

Mistakenoun

(baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.

Mistakeverb

(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

Mistakeverb

To misunderstand (someone).

Mistakeverb

To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.

Mistakeverb

To take or choose wrongly.

Mistakeverb

To take or choose wrongly.

Mistakeverb

To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.

Mistakeverb

To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.

Mistakeverb

To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.

Mistakeverb

To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.

Mistakenoun

An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.

Mistakenoun

Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.

Mistakenoun

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;

Mistakenoun

an understanding of something that is not correct;

Mistakenoun

part of a statement that is not correct;

Mistakeverb

identify incorrectly;

Mistakeverb

to make a mistake or be incorrect

Mistakenoun

an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong

Mistakenoun

something, especially a word, figure, or fact, which is not correct; an inaccuracy

Mistakeverb

be wrong about

Mistakeverb

wrongly identify someone or something as