deviation vs error

error vs deviation

deviation and error both are nouns.

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

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

deviation: the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
error: inadvertent incorrectness

Other hypernyms of deviation include erroneousness.

deviation (noun)	error (noun)
deviate behavior	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)	(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances	inadvertent incorrectness
the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function	departure from what is ethically acceptable
a variation that deviates from the standard or norm	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 deviation and error

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