The difference between Faux pas and Mistake
When used as nouns, faux pas means an embarrassing or tactless blunder (especially used in social situations and contexts), whereas mistake means an error.
Mistake is also verb with the meaning: to understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
check bellow for the other definitions of Faux pas and Mistake
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Faux pas as a noun:
An embarrassing or tactless blunder (especially used in social situations and contexts); a misstep.
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Mistake as a noun:
An error; a blunder.
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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.
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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."
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Mistake as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To misunderstand (someone).
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Mistake as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
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Mistake as a verb (obsolete, rare):
To take or choose wrongly.