The difference between Error and Gaffe

When used as nouns, error means the state, quality, or condition of being wrong, whereas gaffe means a foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

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 Error and Gaffe

  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. Gaffe as a noun:

    A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

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