WordCmp.com

error vs evil

evil vs error

error and evil both are nouns.

error is not an adjective while evil is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
error Yes No No No
evil Yes Yes No No
As nouns, evil is a hypernym of error; that is, evil is a word with a broader meaning than error:
  • error: departure from what is ethically acceptable
  • evil: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
Other hypernyms of error include evilness.
error (noun) evil (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention morally objectionable behavior
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
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 (adjective) evil (adjective)
morally bad or wrong
having or exerting a malignant influence
having the nature of vice
Difference between error and evil

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.