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misestimation vs rounding

rounding vs misestimation

misestimation and rounding both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
misestimation Yes No No No
rounding Yes No No No
As nouns, rounding is a hyponym of misestimation; that is, rounding is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than misestimation:
  • misestimation: a mistake in calculating
  • rounding: (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
Other hyponyms of misestimation include backfire, boomerang, rounding error, truncation error.
misestimation (noun) rounding (noun)
a mistake in calculating (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
Difference between misestimation and rounding

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