incursion vs error

error vs incursion

incursion and error both are nouns.

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

As nouns, error is a hypernym of incursion; that is, error is a word with a broader meaning than incursion:

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

Other hypernyms of incursion include fault, mistake.

incursion (noun)	error (noun)
an attack that penetrates into enemy territory	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)	(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
the mistake of incurring liability or blame	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 incursion and error

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