fault vs fuckup

fuckup vs fault

fault and fuckup both are nouns.

fault is a verb but fuckup is not a verb.

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

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

fault: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
fuckup: an embarrassing mistake

Other hyponyms of fault include blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain, confusion, 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, pratfall, balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity, renege, revoke.

fault (noun)	fuckup (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	an embarrassing mistake
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
responsibility for a bad situation or event
(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
(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)	fuckup (verb)
put or pin the blame on

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