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fault vs slip-up

slip-up vs fault

fault and slip-up both are nouns.

fault is a verb but slip-up is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fault Yes No Yes No
slip-up Yes No No No
As nouns, slip-up is a hyponym of fault; that is, slip-up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fault:
  • fault: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  • slip-up: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
Other hyponyms of fault include blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain, confusion, mix-up, incursion, miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning, distortion, miscue, parapraxis, 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) slip-up (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
(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) slip-up (verb)
put or pin the blame on
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