What is the difference between a Defect & an Error?

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What is the difference between a Defect & an Error?..

Answer / leela

a defect is any functionality that is not working as per
the customer req.
ex:when ever cust asks the developer to place buttons and
check boxes in the middle of screen but bymistake he places
them at the bottom thats called bug or defect but it does
not cause wrong output.
an error results from mistakes in code or pgm..

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What is the difference between a Defect & an Error?..

Answer / mittapalli nagesh

A mistake in coding is called error,error found by tester is
called defect,error found by customer is
called bug.

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What is the difference between a Defect & an Error?..

Answer / sunitha

Typically a bug is when something works incorrectly. An
error is when
something doesnt work at all. A bug can be squashed and an
error u cant.

OR u can say like this also....
A mistake in coding is called error,error found by tester is
called defect defect accepted by development team then it is
called bug...."Correct me if am wrong".

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