Playing With / You Keep Using That Word

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Basic Trope: A character uses a word incorrectly, often with another character pointing out their mistake.

•  Straight: ​Bob often uses the word "persecutor" incorrectly. Alice points it out that he likely meant "prosecutor".
• Exaggerated:
  • Bob constantly misuses words and Alice calls it out all the time.
  • In every instance where Bob misuses "persecutor", someone else corrects him. It's a different person each scene.
  • Bob misuses multiple words in a single sentence, creating a word salad jumble. Alice painstakingly points out each one.
• Downplayed: ???
• Justified:
  • Bob is The Ditz.
  • "Persecutor" and "prosecutor" go by the same term in Bob's native language, so he confuses them in translation.
  • Bob is not fluent in English and mixes up similar-sounding words.
• Inverted: ???
• Subverted:
  • Bob misuses the word "persecutor" but corrects himself before finishing his sentence.
  • Bob uses the word "persecutor" when he meant "prosecutor", but the individual he refers to happens to be both at the same time.
  • Bob uses "effect" where "affect" would be more commonly used, but and when Alice corrects him, he assures her he's right this time.
• Double Subverted: He makes a different mistake and Alice notes that it's his second most common mistake.
• Parodied: Bob misuses a word, Alice points out where his error is. He tries to correct himself with another word, only to then be pointed out that is still a mistake. Repeat ad nauseam.
  Bob: The persecutor—
  Alice: No, that's someone who exacts cruelty.
  Bob: ...pursuer—
  Alice: That's someone who chases.
  Bob: ...practitioner—
  Alice: Getting close, that's a professional in general.
  Bob: ...prostitute...?
  Alice: (facepalm) Wrong profession.
• Zig-Zagged: ???
• Averted: Words do not get misused; in the rare chance they do, the mistakes are not consistent.
• Lampshaded: "Alright, Bob, I don't mean to be pedantic, but we need to straighten some things out here..."
• Invoked: Bob is deliberately taught words wrongly as part of a prank.
• Exploited: ???
• Defied: Bob opens his mouth to speak, pauses to check a dictionary or thesaurus, and then gets to speaking once he's got his words right.
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???