mistake vs error

error vs mistake

mistake and error both are nouns.

mistake is a verb but error is not a verb.

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

As nouns, mistake and error are synonyms defined as:

mistake and error: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Other synonyms of mistake include fault.

As nouns, mistake and error are synonyms defined as:

mistake and error: part of a statement that is not correct

mistake (noun)	error (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
an understanding of something that is not correct	(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
part of a statement that is not correct	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

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

Difference between mistake and error

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