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wrongness vs error

error vs wrongness

wrongness and error both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wrongness Yes No No No
error Yes No No No
As nouns, error is a hyponym of wrongness; that is, error is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wrongness:
  • wrongness: the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
  • error: inadvertent incorrectness
Other hyponyms of wrongness include erroneousness.
wrongness (noun) error (noun)
contrary to conscience or morality a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
the quality of not conforming to fact or truth (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
inappropriate conduct 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 wrongness and error

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