The difference between Error and Fluff

When used as nouns, error means the state, quality, or condition of being wrong, whereas fluff means anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

When used as verbs, error means to function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message, whereas fluff means to make something fluffy.

check bellow for the other definitions of Error and Fluff

  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.

  1. Fluff as a noun:

    Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

  2. Fluff as a noun:

    Anything inconsequential or superficial.

    Examples:

    "That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive."

  3. Fluff as a noun:

    Lapse, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.

  4. Fluff as a noun (New England):

    Marshmallow creme.

  5. Fluff as a noun (LGBT):

    A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.

  6. Fluff as a noun (Australia, euphemistic):

    A fart.

  1. Fluff as a verb (transitive):

    To make something fluffy.

    Examples:

    "The cat fluffed its tail."

  2. Fluff as a verb (intransitive):

    To become fluffy, puff up.

  3. Fluff as a verb (intransitive):

    To move lightly like fluff.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Holmes"

  4. Fluff as a verb (transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer):

    To make a mistake in one's lines.

  5. Fluff as a verb (transitive):

    To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.

  6. Fluff as a verb (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic):

    To fart.

  7. Fluff as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.

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