responsibility vs fault

fault vs responsibility

responsibility and fault both are nouns.

responsibility is not a verb while fault is a verb.

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

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

responsibility: a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct
fault: responsibility for a bad situation or event

Other hyponyms of responsibility include accountability, answerability, answerableness, dependability, dependableness, reliability, reliableness.

responsibility (noun)	fault (noun)
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct	(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
the proper sphere or extent of your activities	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

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

Difference between responsibility and fault

Words related to "fault"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.