believe vs misunderstand

believe

verb
  • To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing). 

  • To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth. 

  • To accept that someone is telling the truth. 

  • To opine, think, reckon. 

misunderstand

verb
  • To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly. 

How often have the words believe and misunderstand occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )