different between fault vs accusation

English

Etymology

From Middle English faute, faulte, from Anglo-Norman faute, Old French faute, from Vulgar Latin *fallita (“shortcoming”), feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fall? (“deceive”). Displaced native Middle English schuld, schuild (“fault”) (from Old English scyld (“fault”)), Middle English lac (“fault, lack”) (from Middle Dutch lak (“lack, fault”)), Middle English last (“fault, vice”) (from Old Norse l?str (“fault, vice, crime”)). Compare French faute (“fault, foul”), Portuguese falta (“lack, shortage”) and Spanish falta (“lack, absence”). More at fail, false.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??lt/, /f?lt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /f?lt/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /f?lt/
• Rhymes: -??lt

Noun

fault (plural faults)

1. A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
2. A mistake or error.

3. A weakness of character; a failing.

4. A minor offense.
5. Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
6. (seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
7. (mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.

8. (tennis) An illegal serve.
9. (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
10. (obsolete) want; lack
11. (hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:defect

Hyponyms

(seismology):

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault
• thrust fault
• transform fault

Derived terms

Related terms

• default

Translations

Verb

fault (third-person singular simple present faults, present participle faulting, simple past and past participle faulted)

1. (transitive) To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
   • a. 1723, unknown author, The Devonshire Nymph

     For that, says he, I ne'er will fault thee / But for humbleness exalt thee.

2. (intransitive, geology) To fracture.
3. (intransitive) To commit a mistake or error.
4. (intransitive, computing) To undergo a page fault.
   • 2002, Æleen Frisch, Essential system administration

     When a page is read in, a few pages surrounding the faulted page are typically loaded as well in the same I/O operation in an effort to head off future page faults.

Translations

References

French

Verb

fault

1. Obsolete spelling of faut (third-person singular present indicative of falloir)

German

Verb

fault

1. inflection of faulen:
   1. second-person plural present
   2. third-person singular present
   3. plural imperative

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) accusasiowne (15th century)
• (obsolete) accusacion (15th century)

Etymology

First attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English accusacion, borrowed from Old French acusacion (French accusation), from Latin acc?s?ti? (“accusation, indictment”), from acc?s? (“blame, accuse”). Doublet of accusatio. More at accuse. Equivalent to accuse +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æk.j?.?ze?.??n/, /?æk.j?.?ze?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

accusation (countable and uncountable, plural accusations)

1. The act of accusing.
2. (law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
3. An allegation.

Synonyms

• allegation
• assertion
• censure
• charge
• crimination
• impeachment

Translations

Anagrams

• anacoustic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acc?s?ti?, acc?s?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ky.za.sj??/

Noun

accusation f (plural accusations)

1. accusation

Derived terms

• chef d'accusation

Related terms

• accuser

References

• “accusation” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).

Further reading

• “accusation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

accusation (plural accusationes)

1. accusation