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miscalculation vs error

error vs miscalculation

miscalculation and error both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
miscalculation Yes No No No
error Yes No No No
As nouns, error is a hypernym of miscalculation; that is, error is a word with a broader meaning than miscalculation:
  • miscalculation: a mistake in calculating
  • error: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Other hypernyms of miscalculation include fault, mistake.
miscalculation (noun) error (noun)
a mistake in calculating a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
(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
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