parapraxis vs error

error vs parapraxis

parapraxis and error both are nouns.

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

As nouns, error is a hypernym of parapraxis; that is, error is a word with a broader meaning than parapraxis:

parapraxis: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
error: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Other hypernyms of parapraxis include fault, mistake.

parapraxis (noun)	error (noun)
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
	(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

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