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boo-boo vs error

error vs boo-boo

boo-boo and error both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
boo-boo Yes No No No
error Yes No No No
As nouns, error is a hypernym of boo-boo; that is, error is a word with a broader meaning than boo-boo:
  • boo-boo: an embarrassing mistake
  • error: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Other hypernyms of boo-boo include fault, mistake.
boo-boo (noun) error (noun)
an embarrassing mistake a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
inadvertent incorrectness
departure from what is ethically acceptable
a misconception resulting from incorrect information
part of a statement that is not correct
(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
Difference between boo-boo and error

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