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misconception vs error

error vs misconception

misconception and error both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
misconception Yes No No No
error Yes No No No
As nouns, error is a hyponym of misconception; that is, error is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than misconception:
  • misconception: an incorrect conception
  • error: a misconception resulting from incorrect information
misconception (noun) error (noun)
an incorrect conception 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
Difference between misconception and error

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