Error and Failure

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Error noun - (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed.

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Failure is a synonym for error in mistake topic. In some cases you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Error", when it comes to topics like bug.

Nearby Words: err, erroneous, errorless

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Error is a synonym for failure in mistake topic. Sometimes you can use "Error" instead a noun "Failure", if it concerns topics such as bug.

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

notable	notable error	notable failure
similar	similar error	similar failure
initial	initial error	initial failure
relative	relative error	relative failure
Other adjectives: critical, single, obvious, real, severe, massive, big, great, serious, huge, infamous, spectacular, mechanical, possible, catastrophic, apparent, slightest, random, occasional, perceived, previous, biggest.

A similar story happened in the Soviet program too, but wasn't really a case of the failsafe failure — only the crew error.

Source: Failsafe Failure
We have investigated the issue and it appears that a technical error in our back-end caused the notification failure.

Source: Administrivia / The Google Incident
They beam him over with a transporter failure, beam him back to repair the error, then he says he's had enough and he'll just walk.

Source: Short-Distance Phone Call

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