different between mishap vs misadventure

English

Etymology

mis- +? hap

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /?m?shæp/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /m?s?hæp/

Noun

mishap (plural mishaps)

1. An accident, mistake, or problem.

   Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.

   • He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.

2. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act I, Scene 1,^[1]

     Rome’s readiest champions, repose you here in rest,

     Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!

Translations

Verb

mishap (third-person singular simple present mishaps, present participle mishapping, simple past and past participle mishapped)

1. (archaic) To happen through misfortune; to mishappen.

See Also

• Thesaurus:luck
• Thesaurus:lucky

English

Etymology

From Middle English misaventure, from Old French mesaventure, equivalent to mis- +? adventure.

Noun

misadventure (usually uncountable, plural misadventures)

1. An accidental mishap or misfortune.

Usage notes

• A "death by misadventure" is an accidental death not caused by any violation of law or criminal negligence.