slip-up vs error

error vs slip-up

slip-up and error both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slip-up	Yes	No	No	No
error	Yes	No	No	No

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

slip-up: 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 slip-up include fault, mistake.

slip-up (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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