The difference between Blooper and Goof

When used as nouns, blooper means a blunder, an error, whereas goof means an error made during production which finds its way into the final release.


Goof is also verb with the meaning: to make a mistake.

check bellow for the other definitions of Blooper and Goof

  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. Goof as a noun (US, informal):

    A mistake or error, An error made during production which finds its way into the final release.

    Examples:

    "I made a goof in that last calculation."

  2. Goof as a noun (US, informal):

    A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.

    Examples:

    "Your little brother is a total goof."

  3. Goof as a noun (Canada, prison, _, slang):

    A child molester.

  1. Goof as a verb (US):

    To make a mistake.

    Examples:

    "It's my fault: I goofed."

  2. Goof as a verb (US):

    To engage in mischief.

    Examples:

    "We were just goofing by painting the neighbors cat green."