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omission vs inadvertence

inadvertence vs omission

omission and inadvertence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
omission Yes No No No
inadvertence Yes No No No
As nouns, inadvertence is a hyponym of omission; that is, inadvertence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than omission:
  • omission: neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
  • inadvertence: an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
Other hyponyms of omission include oversight, pretermission, elision, exception, exclusion.
omission (noun) inadvertence (noun)
a mistake resulting from neglect the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
something that has been omitted
Difference between omission and inadvertence

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