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error vs misstatement

misstatement vs error

error and misstatement both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
error Yes No No No
misstatement Yes No No No
As nouns, misstatement is a hypernym of error; that is, misstatement is a word with a broader meaning than error:
  • error: part of a statement that is not correct
  • misstatement: a statement that contains a mistake
error (noun) misstatement (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention a statement that contains a 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
Difference between error and misstatement

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