fault vs incursion

incursion vs fault

fault and incursion both are nouns.

fault is a verb but incursion is not a verb.

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

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

fault: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
incursion: the mistake of incurring liability or blame

Other hyponyms of fault include blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain, confusion, mix-up, 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)	incursion (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)	the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection	the mistake of incurring liability or blame
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)	incursion (verb)
put or pin the blame on

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