Bug
Bug noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.
Patch
Patch noun - A small area that is different (as in color) from the main part.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old bug | old patch |
| particular | particular bug | particular patch |
| certain | certain bug | certain patch |
| single | single bug | single patch |
| Other adjectives: notorious, obvious, simple, small, actual, massive, large, big, huge, little, tiny, bad, black, new, early, major, random, last, latest, occasional, giant. | ||
Common collocations
| game | bug game | patch game |
Both words in one sentence
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The first problem with this bug was that it took Relic over half a year to patch.
Source: Game-Breaking Bug -
For reasons only Blizzard knows, patch 3.0.8 introduced a bug which caused the entire continent of Northrend to crash whenever a faction won the Wintergrasp battleground.
Source: Game-Breaking Bug -
Global Agenda's new 1.3.2 patch contained a major bug in the auction house that allowed players to effectively create money from nothing.
Source: Game-Breaking Bug
Cite this Source
Patch and Bug. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/patch
Bug & Patch. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/patch>.
Patch or Bug. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bug/patch.
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