nonachievement vs fault

nonachievement and fault both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nonachievement	Yes	No	No	No
fault	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fault is a hyponym of nonachievement; that is, fault is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than nonachievement:

nonachievement: an act that does not achieve its intended goal
fault: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Other hyponyms of nonachievement include failure, error, mistake, carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance.

nonachievement (noun)	fault (noun)
an act that does not achieve its intended goal	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
	(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
	the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
	responsibility for a bad situation or event
	(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
	(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
	an imperfection in an object or machine

nonachievement (verb)	fault (verb)
	put or pin the blame on