Mistake vs. Failure
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
Failurenoun
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
Failurenoun
An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
Failurenoun
Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown. en
Failurenoun
Bankruptcy.
Failurenoun
Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
Failurenoun
Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.
Failurenoun
Want of success; the state of having failed.
Failurenoun
Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.
Failurenoun
A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.
Failurenoun
A failing; a slight fault.
Failurenoun
an act that fails;
Failurenoun
an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose;
Failurenoun
lack of success;
Failurenoun
a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
Failurenoun
an unexpected omission;
Failurenoun
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due;
Failurenoun
loss of ability to function normally;
Failurenoun
lack of success
Failurenoun
an unsuccessful person or thing
Failurenoun
the neglect or omission of expected or required action
Failurenoun
a lack or deficiency of a desirable quality
Failurenoun
the action or state of not functioning
Failurenoun
a sudden cessation of power
Failurenoun
the collapse of a business
Failure
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. The criteria for failure depends on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system.
