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error vs blunder

blunder vs error

error and blunder both are nouns.

error is not a verb while blunder is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
error Yes No No No
blunder Yes No Yes No
As nouns, blunder is a hyponym of error; that is, blunder is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than error:
  • error: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  • blunder: an embarrassing mistake
error (noun) blunder (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention an embarrassing mistake
(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
error (verb) blunder (verb)
utter impulsively
make one's way clumsily or blindly
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
Difference between error and blunder

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