misrelates

Connects things incorrectly

Misrelates means to relate incorrectly or inaccurately—to give a false or distorted account of something.

The witness misrelates key details of the incident.

It can also mean to connect things inappropriately, establishing a relationship between elements that don't properly belong together: The study misrelates correlation with causation.

distortion

misconstrues

Understands incorrectly

skews · garbles · misstates · falsifies · warps · perverts · slants · misleads · confuses · conflates

error

mistakes

Unintended wrong actions

  • blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
  • errsMakes mistakes
  • faultsImperfections or shortcomings

slips · bungles · missteps · fumbles · flubs · goofs · botches · misattributes · misquotes

Opposites
accuracy of connection or narration

misrelatesrelates

Connects or recounts

accuracy of connecting/associating

misrelatescorresponds

Matches or agrees with

aligns · matches

Family

misrelating, misrelation

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