Mistake
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An error; a blunder. A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another. To make an error, to do something in wrong way.
Example sentence: To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.
Error
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.To show or contain an error or fault.To err.
Example sentence: I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth and error, justice and injustice, cruelty and mercy.