botch vs fault

botch and fault both are nouns.

botch and fault both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
botch	Yes	No	Yes	No
fault	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fault is a hypernym of botch; that is, fault is a word with a broader meaning than botch:

botch: an embarrassing mistake
fault: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Other hypernyms of botch include error, mistake.

botch (noun)	fault (noun)
an embarrassing mistake	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
	(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
	the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
	responsibility for a bad situation or event
	(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
	(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
	an imperfection in an object or machine

botch (verb)	fault (verb)
make a mess of, destroy or ruin	put or pin the blame on

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