Overview of verb mistake

The verb mistake has 2 senses

• mistake, misidentify -- (identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister")


• err, mistake, slip -- (to make a mistake or be incorrect)

Overview of adj mistaken

The adj mistaken has 2 senses

• misguided, mistaken -- (wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity")


• false, mistaken -- (arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation")