fault vs confusion

confusion vs fault

fault and confusion both are nouns.

fault is a verb but confusion is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fault	Yes	No	Yes	No
confusion	Yes	No	No	No

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

fault: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
confusion: a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another

Other hyponyms of fault include blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain, mix-up, incursion, miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning, distortion, miscue, parapraxis, slip-up, slip, 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.

fault (noun)	confusion (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)	an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection	a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
responsibility for a bad situation or event	a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)	disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
an imperfection in an object or machine

fault (verb)	confusion (verb)
put or pin the blame on

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