Blunder vs Peccadillo - What's the difference?
blunder | peccadillo |
To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
To move blindly or clumsily.
* Goldsmith
* Dryden
To cause to make a mistake.
* Ditton
To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
* Stillingfleet
As nouns the difference between blunder and peccadillo
is that blunder is a clumsy or embarrassing mistake while peccadillo is a small flaw or sin.As a verb blunder
is to make a clumsy or stupid mistake.blunder
English
(wikipedia blunder)Synonyms
* (error) blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, flub, fumble, gaffe, goof, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinkoVerb
(en verb)- to blunder in preparing a medical prescription
- I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow.
- blunders on, and staggers every pace
- To blunder an adversary.
- He blunders and confounds all these together.