1. mistaking - Noun
2. mistaking - Verb
of Mistake
An error; a mistake.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. Paul Valéry
There's no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love. Christopher Morley
The child who defines a lie as being a "naughty word" knows perfectly well that lying consists in not speaking the truth. He is not, therefore, mistaking one thing for another, he is simply identifying them one with another by what seems to us a quaint extension of the word "lie." Jean Piaget
A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends. Arabic Proverb
Mistaking the reflection of a bow in a cup for a snake. Chinese Proverb
A fool may be known by six things anger, without cause speech, without profit change, without progress inquiry, without object putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends. Traditional Proverb