VERB | cognition | err, mistake, slip | to make a mistake or be incorrect |
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motion | err, stray, drift | wander from a direct course or at random |
Sounds | eh'r; er' | |
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Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... |
Meaning | To make a mistake or be incorrect. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | mistake, slip | |
Narrower | fall for | Be deceived / deceived, duped, or entrapped by |
misjudge | judge / judge incorrectly | |
misremember | Remember incorrectly | |
stumble, slip up, trip up | make an error | |
Spanish | confundirse, entender mal, equivocarse, equivocar, errar, fallir, resbalar | |
Catalan | confondre's, equivocar-se, errar | |
Nouns | errancy | fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err |
error | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | |
error | inadvertent incorrectness |
Meaning | wander from a direct course or at random. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | stray, drift | |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Similar to | roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment |
Spanish | descarriarse, desencaminarse, desviarse, errar | |
Adjectives | errant | uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable |
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