error vs failure

failure vs error

error and failure both are nouns.

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

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

error: (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
failure: an act that fails

error (noun)	failure (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	an act that fails
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed	an unexpected omission
inadvertent incorrectness	an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
departure from what is ethically acceptable	a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
a misconception resulting from incorrect information	lack of success
part of a statement that is not correct	loss of ability to function normally
(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer	inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

Difference between error and failure

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