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oversight vs error

error vs oversight

oversight and error both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
oversight Yes No No No
error Yes No No No
As nouns, error is a hypernym of oversight; that is, error is a word with a broader meaning than oversight:
  • oversight: a mistake resulting from inattention
  • error: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Other hypernyms of oversight include fault, mistake.
oversight (noun) error (noun)
a mistake resulting from inattention a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something 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 oversight and error

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