literal error vs mistake

literal error and mistake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
literal error	Yes	No	No	No
mistake	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

literal error: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
mistake: part of a statement that is not correct

Other hypernyms of literal error include error.

literal error (noun)	mistake (noun)
a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
	an understanding of something that is not correct
	part of a statement that is not correct

literal error (verb)	mistake (verb)
	to make a mistake or be incorrect
	identify incorrectly