error vs occurrence

occurrence vs error

error and occurrence both are nouns.

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

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

error: (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
occurrence: an event that happens

Other hypernyms of error include happening, natural event, occurrent.

error (noun)	occurrence (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	an event that happens
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed	an instance of something occurring
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 occurrence

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