different between erroneous vs fallible

English

Etymology

From Old French and Latin erroneus

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?????.n?.?s/, /?????.n?.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???o?.ni.?s/, /???o?.ni.?s/

Adjective

erroneous (comparative more erroneous, superlative most erroneous)

1. Containing an error; inaccurate.

   His answer to the sum was erroneous.

2. Derived from an error.

   His conclusion was erroneous, since it was based on a false assumption.

3. Mistaken.

   Her choice at the line-up proved to be erroneous, as she had only seen the mugger for an instant.

4. (obsolete) Wandering; erratic.
5. (law) Deviating from the requirements of the law, but without a lack of legal authority, thus not illegal.

   If, while having the power to act, one commits error in the exercise of that power, he acts erroneously.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "erroneous" is often applied: impression, assumption, belief, conclusion, statement, idea, data, view, opinion, judgment, notion, decision, interpretation, diagnosis, conception, theory, reading, instruction, ruling, assessment, doctrine, advice, value, application, thinking, perception, principle, concept, action, description, record, determination, teaching, inference, premise, conviction, reasoning, argument, exclusion, calculation, inclusion, treatment, deductions, analysis.

Synonyms

• errorful, errorous, errory
• (containing an error): inaccurate, incorrect, wrong
• (derived from an error): fallacious, false, faulty, flawed
• (mistaken): mistaken, wrong
• (legal: deviating from the requirements of the law):

Antonyms

• errorless

Derived terms

• erroneously
• erroneousness

Translations

See also

• errant
• erratic
• fallacious

English

Etymology

From Middle English fallible, from Medieval Latin fallibilis (“liable to err, also deceitful”), from Latin fallere (“to deceive”).

Adjective

fallible (comparative more fallible, superlative most fallible)

1. Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.

Synonyms

• defective
• faulty
• faultful
• imperfect

Antonyms

• perfect
• infallible

Related terms

• fail
• fallacious
• fallacy
• fallibilist
• fallibilism
• fallibility

Translations

Further reading

• fallible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fallible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fallible at OneLook Dictionary Search

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