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error vs corrigendum

corrigendum vs error

error and corrigendum both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
error Yes No No No
corrigendum Yes No No No
As nouns, corrigendum is a hyponym of error; that is, corrigendum is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than error:
  • error: part of a statement that is not correct
  • corrigendum: a printer's error; to be corrected
Other hyponyms of error include erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error.
error (noun) corrigendum (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention a printer's error; to be corrected
(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
Difference between error and corrigendum

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