fault vs omission

omission vs fault

fault and omission both are nouns.

fault is a verb but omission is not a verb.

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

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

fault: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
omission: a mistake resulting from neglect

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, 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)	omission (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	a mistake resulting from neglect
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)	neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection	any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
responsibility for a bad situation or event	something that has been omitted
(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)	omission (verb)
put or pin the blame on

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