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imbecility vs error

error vs imbecility

imbecility and error both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
imbecility Yes No No No
error Yes No No No
As nouns, error is a hypernym of imbecility; that is, error is a word with a broader meaning than imbecility:
  • imbecility: a stupid mistake
  • error: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Other hypernyms of imbecility include fault, mistake.
imbecility (noun) error (noun)
a stupid mistake a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
inadvertent incorrectness
departure from what is ethically acceptable
a misconception resulting from incorrect information
part of a statement that is not correct
(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
Difference between imbecility and error

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