The difference between Blooper and Error

When used as nouns, blooper means a blunder, an error, whereas error means the state, quality, or condition of being wrong.


Error is also verb with the meaning: to function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.

check bellow for the other definitions of Blooper and Error

  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. Error as a noun (uncountable):

    The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

  2. Error as a noun (countable):

    A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.

  3. Error as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    Sin; transgression.

  4. Error as a noun (computing, countable):

    A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.

  5. Error as a noun (statistics, countable):

    The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.

  6. Error as a noun (baseball, countable):

    A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.

  7. Error as a noun (appellate, _, legal, uncountable):

    One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.

  8. Error as a noun:

    Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.

  1. Error as a verb (computing):

    To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.

    Examples:

    "The web-page took a long time to load and errored out."

    "Remove that line of code and the script should stop erroring there."

    "This directory errors with a "Permission denied" message."

  2. Error as a verb (telecommunications):

    To show or contain an error or fault.

    Examples:

    "The block transmission errored near the start and could not be received."

  3. Error as a verb (nonstandard):

    To err.