What's the difference between misquote and recite?

Misquote


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To quote erroneously or incorrectly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Some suggestions for reducing these high levels of inaccuracy are that papers scheduled for publication with errors of citation should be returned to the author and checked completely and a permanent column specifically for misquotations could be inserted into the journal.
  • (2) Thus the patte rn was set for what would be Griffin's tactics throughout: say something that appeared to answer the question, spin off quickly to something apparently related but often irrelevant, flatly deny anything which might be compromising, and ascribe any quoted evidence to the contrary to misquotation and "outrageous lies", or, at one point, the "thoroughly unpleasant ultra-leftist" BBC .
  • (3) Much of that paper was ignored in the English language literature and some of the contents have been misquoted.
  • (4) Government misquoting my report to defend revoking citizenship, says Bret Walker Read more Some ministers believe the detail of the citizenship legislation should be presented to cabinet for final decision, given that the last discussion occurred around a vague proposal without a cabinet submission or any kind of documentation or any legal advice.
  • (5) An earlier version misquoted Michael Marmot as referring to a contraction of capital and income, instead of a concentration of capital and income.
  • (6) The original misquoted part of a statement by Iain Banks on 3 April.
  • (7) Ministers are undermining their case and inflaming tensions by misquoting the evidence, which points more to the need to improve senior decision-making, nursing cover and rapid access to investigations at the weekends than to increase junior doctor cover.
  • (8) To misquote Donne's poem [see footnote] again, "always send for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for Cleggy".
  • (9) To misquote the cartoonist James Thurber: one QM is all right, two is too many, and three is not enough.
  • (10) It is not the first time during the campaign that Hutchings has claimed she has been misquoted or misinterpreted.
  • (11) To misquote the first man on the moon: the EU’s new migration agreement is one small step forwards for European bureaucrats, and one giant leap sideways for mankind.
  • (12) "I think he wilfully misquoted Richard Evans, the Cambridge historian, and rather unfairly I think," said Paxman.
  • (13) Fifa's general secretary, Jérôme Valcke, last week sought to extricate himself from a row with the Brazilian government, claiming he was misquoted over comments that the country needed a "kick in the ass" to meet its commitments.
  • (14) An earlier version misquoted Vanderbilt University professor Jeff Gowdy as saying we need to reduce emissions 8% or more by 2050.
  • (15) I think he [the reporter] has misquoted me and if it’s causing offence to anybody, please accept my apology because I did not say that and I did not mean to insult any of my Jewish friends or any of the Jewish people,” Whelan told BBC Sport.
  • (16) She is happy to talk but prefers not to be identified by her Xhosa name and asks to be called Amanda instead, complaining she has already been misquoted.
  • (17) Referring to statements Hunt made at health questions in the House of Commons on Tuesday, they also claim that “in misquoting and misinterpreting the data, Hunt is not acccurate or truthful.
  • (18) But recently I was misquoted in an interview and it made me feel really angry and frustrated and emotions that I've never felt before when reading anything about myself.
  • (19) In the original article we misquoted Boycott Workfare.
  • (20) Unbowed, the Mail used a story last month about the College of Paramedics raising concerns about separated bike lanes (a story that, it is worth noting, misquoted the college’s views ) in an editorial column : Segregated cycle lanes have increased congestion and worsened pollution ... Isn’t it time to abandon this cycle ‘superhighway’ experiment and admit that it was a stupid mistake?

Recite


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.
  • (v. t.) To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
  • (v. t.) To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
  • (v. t.) To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
  • (v. i.) To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
  • (n.) A recital.

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