The difference between Defect and Error
When used as nouns, defect means a fault or malfunction, whereas error means the state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
When used as verbs, defect means to abandon or turn against, whereas error means to function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.
check bellow for the other definitions of Defect and Error
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Defect as a noun:
A fault or malfunction.
Examples:
"a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment"
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Defect as a noun:
The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
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Defect as a noun (math):
A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
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Defect as a verb (intransitive):
To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
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Defect as a verb (military):
To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
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Defect as a verb (military):
To join the enemy army.
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Defect as a verb (law):
To flee one's country and seek asylum.
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Error as a noun (uncountable):
The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
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Error as a noun (countable):
A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
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Error as a noun (countable, uncountable):
Sin; transgression.
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Error as a noun (computing, countable):
A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
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Error as a noun (statistics, countable):
The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
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Error as a noun (baseball, countable):
A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
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Error as a noun (appellate, _, legal, uncountable):
One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
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Error as a noun:
Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
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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."
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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."
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Error as a verb (nonstandard):
To err.