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Japanese - English dictionaries translate both as "misunderstanding" or "wrong
guess." Upon consulting dictionary.goo.ne.jp, I found:

誤解 - When the facts and the true intentions of a partner's words and deeds are
shown to differ. Seems like when a fact was thought to do one thing and it
does another.

勘違い - When the facts differ with one's understanding of the situation. Seems
to be when you think something looks some way and in fact it is another.

Both seem to be pretty similar and probably are just versions of the same. On
Weblio both seem to have similar meanings and example. Is there any particular
nuance or are they both basically the same, like 誤る and 間違える?
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Difference between 誤解 and 勘違い
There is certainly some overlap, but there is a difference.

In general, 誤解 is to misunderstand, whereas 勘違い is often about misreading or
misremembering. So 誤解 can sometimes be deeply entangled and hard to fix, while
many 勘違い are simple “Oops!” type mistakes that are obvious in hindsight.

The “misremembering” kind of 勘違い is never called a 誤解. For example, if an
invitation clearly said 9am but you misremembered it as 10am and showed up
late, that is a 勘違い.
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