Egregious vs Erroneous - What's the difference?
egregious | erroneous |
Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
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Outrageously bad; shocking.
Containing an error; inaccurate.
* His answer to the sum was erroneous .
Derived from an error.
* His conclusion was erroneous as it was based on a false assumption.
Mistaken.
* His choice at the line-up was erroneous as he had only seen the mugger for an instant.
(legal) signifies a deviation from the requirements of the law, but does not connote a lack of legal authority, and is thus distinguished from illegal.
* If, while having the power to act, one commits error in the exercise of that power, he acts erroneously .
As adjectives the difference between egregious and erroneous
is that egregious is exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion while erroneous is containing an error; inaccurate.egregious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
- I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
- My lord, you give me most egregious indignity.
- When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious .