occurrence vs error

error vs occurrence

occurrence and error both are nouns.

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

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

occurrence: an event that happens
error: (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

Other hyponyms of occurrence include accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant, avalanche, experience, trouble, treat, miracle, marvel, wonder, thing, episode, contingence, contingency, eventuality, beginning, conclusion, ending, finish, one-off, periodic event, recurrent event, alteration, change, modification, computer error, accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke, fire, incident, discharge, case, example, instance, motion, movement, failure, success, appearance, destiny, fate, disappearance, disappearance, contact, impinging, striking, finish, collapse, break, interruption, sound, union, news event, flash, convergence, juncture, occasion, burst, flare-up, outburst, eruption, irruption, outbreak, black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback, bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall, collapse, crash, supervention.

occurrence (noun)	error (noun)
an event that happens	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
an instance of something occurring	(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 occurrence and error

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