error vs slip

error and slip both are nouns.

error is not a verb while slip is a verb.

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

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

error: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
slip: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Other hyponyms of error include blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain, confusion, mix-up, incursion, miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning, distortion, miscue, parapraxis, slip-up, offside, lapse, oversight, omission, skip, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity, renege, revoke.

error (noun)	slip (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed	a socially awkward or tactless act
inadvertent incorrectness	the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
departure from what is ethically acceptable	an unexpected slide
a misconception resulting from incorrect information	a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
part of a statement that is not correct	a woman's sleeveless undergarment
(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer	bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
	artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
	a small sheet of paper
	a slippery smoothness
	an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
	a place where a craft can be made fast
	a young and slender person
	a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
	potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics

error (verb)	slip (verb)
	fall to a lower standard
	move out of position
	insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
	to make a mistake or be incorrect
	pass out of one's memory
	move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
	move stealthily
	move easily
	move smoothly and easily
	cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
	pass on stealthily

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