boner vs clanger

clanger vs boner

boner and clanger both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
boner	Yes	No	No	No
clanger	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, clanger is a hyponym of boner; that is, clanger is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than boner:

boner: an embarrassing mistake
clanger: a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate

Other hyponyms of boner include bobble, snafu, spectacle, bull, fumble, muff, fluff, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecism, howler, misstep, stumble, trip-up, trip.

boner (noun)	clanger (noun)
an embarrassing mistake	a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate

Difference between boner and clanger

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