What's the difference between misstatement and statement?
Misstatement
Definition:
(n.) An incorrect statement.
Example Sentences:
(1) We will be delving into [the report], we will be reviewing that to see what is in there is accurate, which is inaccurate, which is a misstatement, which are examples that may be factual, may not be factual.” “Other parts of the country have shown outrage at this type of behavior by police,” said Mara Brown of Cleveland, an emergency medical technician, “but Cleveland has a history of using many types of devices – from the business leaders ignoring things to control of the media to political leaders favoring the status quo – to keep things quiet.” At the grocery store in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood where Jones was killed hardly anyone was around on Monday afternoon.
(2) We wish to correct the record, apologize to Dr. Birnstiel and Dr. Busslinger for this misstatement, and alert our readers to their letter, which is printed in our Letters section on page 243.
(3) But more specifically, this abuse can also specifically harm the shareholders, most of whom will be almost wholly unaware of the risks the companies in which they invest are taking: for example, the company earnings may be misstated, which will mean that the share price is overstated.
(4) But to America’s unions, that misstates the state of play – they say the deal is a lousy one when the administration should be negotiating a good one.
(5) Sanders also said Clinton “has misstated my view” on gun control.
(6) Adrian Bailey told BBC Radio 5 Live that Tesco executives could be asked to explain its £250m misstatement of first-half profits which wiped £2bn off its stock market value.
(7) Sanders argued: “The issues that impact people of South Carolina and the south are the same issues that impact the people of Vermont; that is that the middle class of our country is disappearing.” The Vermont senator, who told the Boston Globe’s editorial board on Thursday: “I disagree with Hillary Clinton on virtually everything,” made both explicit and veiled criticisms of Clinton over her late-to-the-party opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, her reliance on Super Pacs and for “misstating” his position on gun control.
(8) Last week Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland , two of Britain’s biggest banks, set aside a total of £900m for settlements related to rigging of the foreign exchange market, and the Serious Fraud Office launched a criminal investigation into a misstatement of profit guidance at Tesco .
(9) So why did all these fine firms miss what Hewlett-Packard now claims was a misstatement of Autonomy's accounts?
(10) The 1991 paper by Persinger and Makarec, while posing some interesting theoretical and speculative questions, misstates the magnitude of the effect size in the validation of the Hemisphericity Questionnaire and draws some unwarranted conclusions.
(11) "Fundamentally, the complaint fails to identify any fraud – establishing no material misstatements, no identified victims, and no actual harm," Barclays said in its response to the suit.
(12) The act, they said, would "help to blaze a trail of truthfulness and accurate disclosure in what has become a jungle of falsification, unjustified secrecy, and misstatement by statistic".
(13) Andrew Ceresney, director of the SEC’s enforcement division, said: “Dark pools have a significant role in today’s equity marketplace, and the firms that run these venues must ensure that they do not make misstatements to subscribers about their material operations.” Barclays, which has a big operation in New York, said the bank was pleased to resolve the case.
(14) The Obama administration has admitted misstatements on the part of UN ambassador Susan Rice and others in the immediate wake of the attacks, which were initially portrayed as a spontaneous raid when in fact they were multi-pronged and organized.
(15) In its rebuttal, Barclays said: "Fundamentally, the complaint fails to identify any fraud – establishing no material misstatements, no identified victims, and no actual harm."
(16) "DeSmogBlog has received no direct communications from the Heartland Institute identifying any misstatement of fact in the "Climate Strategy" document," it said.
(17) The case boiled down to Drew's misstatements in her MySpace profile.
(18) Because something that we so often forget in the dialogue about security versus privacy is [that it is] really a misstatement of the issue, which is liberty versus security.
(19) General Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, lied in 2012 that the NSA does not hold data on US citizens , and repeated similar misstatements, under oath, to Congress about the program: We're not authorized to do it [data collection on US citizens], nor do we do it.
(20) The same investigation found Price misstated the timing and value of his purchases in several instances.
Statement
Definition:
(n.) The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
(n.) That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.
Example Sentences:
(1) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
(2) Of course the job is not done and we will continue to remain vigilant to all risks, particularly when the global economic situation is so uncertain,” the chancellor said in a statement.
(3) A statement from the company said it had assigned all its assets for the benefit of creditors, in accordance with Massachusetts' law.
(4) As May delivered her statement in the chamber, police helicopters hovered overhead and a police cordon remained in place around Westminster, but MPs from across the political spectrum were determined to show that they were continuing with business as usual.
(5) So too his statement that "in Zulu culture you cannot leave a woman if she is ready.
(6) We are pleased to see the process moving forward and look forward to its resolution,” a Target spokeswoman, Molly Snyder, said in an emailed statement.
(7) 12pm, Channel 4 press office: "I refer you to the statement put out last night."
(8) In conjunction with the development of a computerized goal-oriented record system at Forest Hospital Des Plaines, Illinois, research staff developed a psychiatric goal list from goal statements most frequently used at the hospital.
(9) Local and international media and watchdog organisations such as the World Association of Newspapers , Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders have issued statements strongly condemning the prison sentence.
(10) Whilst we deeply regret all these incidents and acknowledge that the care of these patients could have been better, this is a relatively low number of incidents for a hospital of this size,” it said in a statement.
(11) In a statement the Los Angeles County department of public health said: "Though legionella bacteria was identified in a water sample taken from the Playboy Mansion, this bacteria has not been determined as the source of the respiratory outbreak.
(12) In a statement, a St James's Palace spokesman said: "The Duchess of Cambridge has been discharged from the King Edward VII hospital and will now head to Kensington Palace for a period of rest.
(13) Pressure test and impact test are leading to different strength statements.
(14) • Written, oral and video statements of self-incrimination and self-renunciation by the detainees, apparently induced by the authorities, have been released through official media channels (for example, lawyer Zhang Kai was induced to make such a statement, which he later retracted).
(15) However, financial markets seem unconcerned: 10-year gilts have rallied since the statement.
(16) A statement from the club read: "Everybody at Sheffield United is extremely shocked and saddened to learn of the death of former player and manager Gary Speed.
(17) I suppose he’ll have to go to QPR.” Lampard released a statement confirming his departure from Chelsea that read: “When I arrived at this fantastic club 13 years ago I would never have believed that I would be fortunate enough to play so many games and enjoy sharing in so much success.
(18) The report says this tactic has helped the west uncover at least one of Iran's secret nuclear sites and, according to official statements by the Iranians, has caused enrichment centrifuges to break.
(19) Their only clues were two statements involving contrasting mental terms, with each statement referring to one of the possible hiding places.
(20) According to Israeli media reports, the US statement had caused "senior officials in Jerusalem to tear out their hair".