alienation vs miscue

alienation

noun
  • The act of alienating. 

  • Emotional isolation or dissociation. 

  • The state of being alienated. 

  • Verfremdungseffekt. 

  • The transfer of property to another person. 

miscue

noun
  • The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor. 

  • In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue. 

  • A miss of the object one intended to hit. 

verb
  • to mishit, strike incorrectly. 

  • To give an incorrect cue. 

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