The difference between Mistake and Thinko

When used as nouns, mistake means an error, whereas thinko means a careless mistake made in thinking.


Mistake is also verb with the meaning: to understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

check bellow for the other definitions of Mistake and Thinko

  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.

  1. Thinko as a noun (slang):

    A careless mistake made in thinking.

    Examples:

    "I must have done quite a thinko, but I don't remember leaving my keys in the refrigerator."