fault vs imperfectness

imperfectness vs fault

fault and imperfectness both are nouns.

fault is a verb but imperfectness is not a verb.

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

As nouns, imperfectness is a hypernym of fault; that is, imperfectness is a word with a broader meaning than fault:

fault: an imperfection in an object or machine
imperfectness: the state or an instance of being imperfect

Other hypernyms of fault include imperfection.

fault (noun)	imperfectness (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	the state or an instance of being imperfect
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
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)	imperfectness (verb)
put or pin the blame on

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