Classes Intellectual Faculties Results of Reasoning 495. Error
Error
Nouns
error, fallacy
misconception, misapprehension, misstanding, misunderstanding
inexactness etc. adj.
laxity
misconstruction etc. (misinterpretation) Misinterpretation
miscomputation etc. (misjudgment) Misjudgment
non sequitur etc. Intuition. Sophistry [The absence of reasoning.] [False or vicious reasoning; show of reason.]
mis-statement, mis-report
mumpsimus. mistake
miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint, erratum, corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose thread
trip, stumble etc. (failure) Failure
botchery etc. (want of skill) Unskillfulness
slip of the tongue, slip of the lip, Freudian slip
slip of the pen
clerical error
bull etc. (absurdity) Absurdity
haplography. illusion, delusion
snare
false impression, false idea
bubble
self-decit, self-deception
mists of error. heresy etc. (heterodoxy) Heterodoxy [Sectarianism.]
hallucination etc. (insanity) Insanity
false light etc. (fallacy of vision) [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.]
dream etc. (fancy) Imagination
fable etc. (untruth) Untruth
bias etc. (misjudgment) Misjudgment
misleading etc. v..
Verbs
be erroneous etc. adj. . cause error
mislead, misguide
lead astray, lead into error
beguile, misinform etc. (misteach) Misteaching
delude
give a false impression, give a false idea
falsify, misstate
deceive etc. Deception
lie etc. Falsehood . err
be in error etc. adj. , be mistaken etc. v.
be deceived etc. (duped) Dupe
mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself
fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error etc. n.
be in the wrong, blunder
misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon, miscount, miscalculate etc. (misjudge) Misjudgment . play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes etc. (misinterpret) Misinterpretation . trip, stumble
lose oneself etc. (uncertainty) Uncertainty
go astray
fail etc. Failure
be in the wrong box
take the wrong sow by the ear etc. (mismanage) Unskillfulness
put the saddle on the wrong horse
reckon without one's host
take the shadow for the substance etc. (credulity) Credulity
dream etc. (imagine) Imagination .
Adjectives
erroneous, untrue, false, devoid of truth, fallacious, apocryphal, unreal, ungrounded, groundless
unsubstantial etc. Unsubstantiality
heretical etc. (heterodox) Heterodoxy [Sectarianism.]
unsound
illogical etc. Intuition. Sophistry [The absence of reasoning.] [False or vicious reasoning; show of reason.] . inexact, unexact inaccurate, incorrect
indefinite etc. (uncertain) Uncertainty . illusive, illusory
delusive
mock, ideal etc. (imaginary) Imagination
spurious etc. Deception
deceitful etc. Falsehood
perverted. controvertible, unsustainable
unauthenticated, untrustworthy. exploded, refuted
discarded. in error, under an error etc. n.
mistaken etc. v.
tripping etc. v.
out, out in one's reckoning
aberrant
beside the mark, wide of the mark, wide of the truth, way off, far off
astray etc. (at fault) Uncertainty
on a false scent, on the wrong scent
in the wrong box, outside the ballpark
at cross purposes, all in the wrong
all out.
Phrases
on the dubious waves of error tost" [Cowper]
to err is human, to forgive divine" [Pope]
you lie -- under a mistake" [Shelley] .