Error
Error noun - A false idea or belief.
Usage example: the church published a list of moral errors that it considers to be at odds with its teachings
Lie
Lie noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.
Nearby Word: lied
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Trial-and-Error Gameplay: How is the player supposed to know what horrors lie behind the dungeon doors?
Source: Just For Fun / Hitler's Revenge -
Series Continuity Error: The book claims that before discovering the image of Sidious within the mechno-chair, the Jedi believed he was a lie, invented by Dooku to lead Ob-Wan astray on Geonosis in Attack of the Clones, and not mentioned since.
Source: Literature / Labyrinth of Evil
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