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error vs wrongness

wrongness vs error

error and wrongness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
error Yes No No No
wrongness Yes No No No
As nouns, wrongness is a hypernym of error; that is, wrongness is a word with a broader meaning than error:
  • error: inadvertent incorrectness
  • wrongness: the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
Other hypernyms of error include incorrectness.
error (noun) wrongness (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention contrary to conscience or morality
(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
inadvertent incorrectness inappropriate conduct
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 wrongness

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