Fault
Fault noun - An unintentional departure from truth or accuracy.
Usage example: there's a fault somewhere in the program
Trip
Trip noun - An unintentional departure from truth or accuracy.
Usage example: even a small trip in the bomb-making calculations could lead to disaster
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good fault | good trip |
| full | full fault | full trip |
| long | long fault | long trip |
| original | original fault | original trip |
| Other adjectives: single, actual, big, little, bad, traditional, past, worst. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- A small fault in the rocket can send them on a one-way trip to Arlington Cemetery (or the Kremlin Wall, if you're Russian).
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Never My Fault: Oh sure, Hal, it was Gabe's fault you brought your girlfriend, who had no experience in climbing whatsoever, on a climbing trip.
Source: Film / Cliffhanger - This comes back to bite Vinyl big time, when Princess Luna royally chews her out for giving Celestia a huge guilt trip over the incident when it was entirely Luna's fault to begin with and she had no other choice but to banish her.
Source: Bullying A Dragon / Fan Works
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Trip and Fault. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fault/trip
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