The difference between Boo-boo and Error

When used as nouns, boo-boo means a mistake or error, whereas error means the state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

When used as verbs, boo-boo means to defecate, whereas error means to function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.


check bellow for the other definitions of Boo-boo and Error

  1. Boo-boo as a noun (countable, colloquial, often, childish):

    A mistake or error.

  2. Boo-boo as a noun (countable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children):

    A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.

  3. Boo-boo as a noun (uncountable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children):

    Feces.

  1. Boo-boo as a verb (colloquial, childish, by or to young children):

    To defecate.

  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.