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smear vs error

error vs smear

smear and error both are nouns.

smear is a verb but error is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
smear Yes No Yes No
error Yes No No No
As nouns, error is a hypernym of smear; that is, error is a word with a broader meaning than smear:
  • smear: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
  • error: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Other hypernyms of smear include fault, mistake.
smear (noun) error (noun)
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
a blemish made by dirt (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope inadvertent incorrectness
slanderous defamation 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
smear (verb) error (verb)
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
make a smudge on; soil by smudging
stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
Difference between smear and error

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