The difference between Scanno and Thinko

When used as nouns, scanno means a typographical error introduced by optical character recognition (ocr) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape, as for , or for , whereas thinko means a careless mistake made in thinking.

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  1. Scanno as a noun:

    A typographical error introduced by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape, as for , or for .

  1. Thinko as a noun (slang):

    A careless mistake made in thinking.

    Examples:

    "I must have done quite a thinko, but I don't remember leaving my keys in the refrigerator."

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