Defect and Mistake

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Defect

Defect noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.

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Mistake is a synonym for defect in deficiency topic. In some cases you can use "Mistake" instead a noun "Defect", when it comes to topics like blemish, glitch.

Nearby Words: defective, defection, defector, defecting, defectively

Mistake

Mistake noun - A wrong judgment.

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Defect is a synonym for mistake in glitch topic. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead a noun "Mistake".

Nearby Words: mistaken, mistakenly, mistaking

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How words are described

similar	similar defect	similar mistake
common	common defect	common mistake
many	many defect	many mistake
critical	critical defect	critical mistake
Other adjectives: single, glaring, small, real, big, serious, tiny, slight, major, possible, minor, fatal.

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It retains some Broad Strokes, keeping Judi Dench as M and the post-Cold War scenario from the Pierce Brosnan films, though now she misses the Cold War, when agents had the decency to defect after a big mistake, rather than seeing Bond as a relic of that era.

Source: Film / Casino Royale (2006)
He employs Dirty Social Tricks such as pretending to mistake Kirk for either waitstaff or Molly's gay friend to humiliate him, then lets slip that Molly has some defect so that Kirk's insecurities make him curious and ruin his and Molly's relationship.

Source: Film / She's Out of My League

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