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clanger vs foul-up

foul-up vs clanger

clanger and foul-up both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clanger Yes No No No
foul-up Yes No No No
As nouns, foul-up is a hypernym of clanger; that is, foul-up is a word with a broader meaning than clanger:
  • clanger: a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
  • foul-up: an embarrassing mistake
Other hypernyms of clanger include bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, fuckup, pratfall.
clanger (noun) foul-up (noun)
a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate an embarrassing mistake
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