The difference between Blunder and Mistake

When used as nouns, blunder means a clumsy or embarrassing mistake, whereas mistake means an error.

When used as verbs, blunder means to make a clumsy or stupid mistake, whereas mistake means to understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.


check bellow for the other definitions of Blunder and Mistake

  1. Blunder as a noun:

    A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

  1. Blunder as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.

    Examples:

    "to blunder in preparing a medical prescription"

  2. Blunder as a verb (intransitive):

    To move blindly or clumsily.

  3. Blunder as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to make a mistake.

  4. Blunder as a verb (transitive):

    To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.

  1. Mistake as a noun:

    An error; a blunder.

  2. Mistake as a noun (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.

  1. Mistake as a verb (transitive):

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

    Examples:

    "Sorry, I mistook you for my brother. You look very similar."

  2. Mistake as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To misunderstand (someone).

  3. Mistake as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

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

  4. Mistake as a verb (obsolete, rare):

    To take or choose wrongly.