slip-up vs mistake

mistake vs slip-up

slip-up and mistake both are nouns.

slip-up is not a verb while mistake is a verb.

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

As nouns, mistake is a hypernym of slip-up; that is, mistake 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.
mistake: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Other hypernyms of slip-up include error, fault.

slip-up (noun)	mistake (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
	an understanding of something that is not correct
	part of a statement that is not correct

slip-up (verb)	mistake (verb)
	to make a mistake or be incorrect
	identify incorrectly

Difference between slip-up and mistake

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