miscue vs tergiversation

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. 

tergiversation

noun
  • The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness. 

  • The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal. 

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