misunderstanding

Etymology

noun

1. A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
   Because of misunderstandings among certain member states of the Organization of African Unity's voices have been occasionally raised recently against the convocation of the Assembly in Accra. Nonetheless, the regular Assembly of the Heads of State and Government was, in the first place, designed to find peaceful solutions, through deliberations and frank exchange of views to such misunderstandings among member-states. 1965, Haile Selassie, African Liberation Day speech
2. A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of misunderstand