misdistinguish

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ distinguish.

Verb

misdistinguish (third-person singular simple present misdistinguishes, present participle misdistinguishing, simple past and past participle misdistinguished)

1. (transitive, rare) To make wrong distinctions in or concerning.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, volume 3:

     So that if we imagine a difference where there is none, because we distinguish where we should not, it may not be denied that we misdistinguish.