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rounding error vs miscalculation

miscalculation vs rounding error

rounding error and miscalculation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rounding error Yes No No No
miscalculation Yes No No No
As nouns, miscalculation is a hypernym of rounding error; that is, miscalculation is a word with a broader meaning than rounding error:
  • rounding error: (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
  • miscalculation: a mistake in calculating
Other hypernyms of rounding error include misestimation, misreckoning.
rounding error (noun) miscalculation (noun)
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals a mistake in calculating
Difference between rounding error and miscalculation

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