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error vs offside

offside vs error

error and offside both are nouns.

error is not an adjective while offside is an adjective.

error is not an adverb while offside is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
error Yes No No No
offside Yes Yes No Yes
As nouns, offside is a hyponym of error; that is, offside is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than error:
  • error: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  • offside: (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
error (noun) offside (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
(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) offside (adjective)
illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck
error (adverb) offside (adverb)
illegally in advance of the ball or puck
Difference between error and offside

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