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erratum vs error

error vs erratum

erratum and error both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
erratum Yes No No No
error Yes No No No
As nouns, error is a hypernym of erratum; that is, error is a word with a broader meaning than erratum:
  • erratum: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
  • error: part of a statement that is not correct
Other hypernyms of erratum include mistake.
erratum (noun) error (noun)
a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind 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
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