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error vs typographical error

typographical error vs error

error and typographical error both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
error Yes No No No
typographical error Yes No No No
As nouns, typographical error is a hyponym of error; that is, typographical error is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than error:
  • error: part of a statement that is not correct
  • typographical error: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
Other hyponyms of error include corrigendum, erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typo.
error (noun) typographical error (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
Difference between error and typographical error

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