The difference between Blooper and Blunder

When used as nouns, blooper means a blunder, an error, whereas blunder means a clumsy or embarrassing mistake.


Blunder is also verb with the meaning: to make a clumsy or stupid mistake.

check bellow for the other definitions of Blooper and Blunder

  1. Blooper as a noun (informal):

    A blunder, an error.

    Examples:

    "synonyms boo-boo faux pas fluff gaffe lapse mistake slip stumble Thesaurus:error"

  2. Blooper as a noun (baseball, slang):

    A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders.

    Examples:

    "synonyms banjo hit flare Texas leaguer"

  3. Blooper as a noun (film, informal):

    A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.

  4. Blooper as a noun (nautical):

    A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged ship; a spanker.

  5. Blooper as a noun (US, dated):

    A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly).

  1. Blunder as a noun:

    A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

  1. Blunder as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.

    Examples:

    "to blunder in preparing a medical prescription"

  2. Blunder as a verb (intransitive):

    To move blindly or clumsily.

  3. Blunder as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to make a mistake.

  4. Blunder as a verb (transitive):

    To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.