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typographical error vs error

error vs typographical error

typographical error and error both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
typographical error Yes No No No
error Yes No No No
As nouns, error is a hypernym of typographical error; that is, error is a word with a broader meaning than typographical error:
  • typographical error: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
  • error: part of a statement that is not correct
Other hypernyms of typographical error include mistake.
typographical error (noun) error (noun)
a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind 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
Difference between typographical error and error

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