error vs literal

literal vs error

error and literal both are nouns.

error is not an adjective while literal is an adjective.

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

As nouns, literal is a hyponym of error; that is, literal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than error:

error: part of a statement that is not correct
literal: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

Other hyponyms of error include corrigendum, erratum, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error.

error (noun)	literal (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
(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 (adjective)	literal (adjective)
	limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
	without interpretation or embellishment
	avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
	being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

Difference between error and literal

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