The difference between Error and Goof

When used as nouns, error means the state, quality, or condition of being wrong, whereas goof means an error made during production which finds its way into the final release.

When used as verbs, error means to function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message, whereas goof means to make a mistake.

check bellow for the other definitions of Error and Goof

  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. 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."

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