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slip vs error

error vs slip

slip and error both are nouns.

slip is a verb but error is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
slip Yes No Yes No
error Yes No No No
As nouns, error is a hypernym of slip; that is, error is a word with a broader meaning than slip:
  • slip: 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 include fault, mistake.
slip (noun) error (noun)
a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
a socially awkward or tactless act (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) inadvertent incorrectness
an unexpected slide departure from what is ethically acceptable
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. a misconception resulting from incorrect information
a woman's sleeveless undergarment part of a statement that is not correct
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
a small sheet of paper
a slippery smoothness
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
a place where a craft can be made fast
a young and slender person
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
slip (verb) error (verb)
fall to a lower standard
move out of position
insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
to make a mistake or be incorrect
pass out of one's memory
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
move stealthily
move easily
move smoothly and easily
cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
pass on stealthily
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