The difference between Error and Stumble

When used as nouns, error means the state, quality, or condition of being wrong, whereas stumble means a fall, trip or substantial misstep.

When used as verbs, error means to function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message, whereas stumble means to trip or fall.

check bellow for the other definitions of Error and Stumble

  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. Stumble as a noun:

    A fall, trip or substantial misstep.

  2. Stumble as a noun:

    An error or blunder.

  3. Stumble as a noun:

    A clumsy walk.

  1. Stumble as a verb (intransitive):

    To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.

    Examples:

    "He stumbled over a rock."

  2. Stumble as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a mistake or have trouble.

    Examples:

    "I always stumble over verbs in Spanish."

  3. Stumble as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to stumble or trip.

  4. Stumble as a verb (transitive, figurative):

    To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.

  5. Stumble as a verb:

    To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against.

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