confusion vs error

error vs confusion

confusion and error both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confusion	Yes	No	No	No
error	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, error is a hypernym of confusion; that is, error is a word with a broader meaning than confusion:

confusion: a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
error: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Other hypernyms of confusion include fault, mistake.

confusion (noun)	error (noun)
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended	(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior	inadvertent incorrectness
a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused	departure from what is ethically acceptable
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably	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 confusion and error

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