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Malfunction vs Troubleshooting - What's the difference?

malfunction | troubleshooting |

As nouns the difference between malfunction and troubleshooting

is that malfunction is faulty functioning while troubleshooting is the identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.

As verbs the difference between malfunction and troubleshooting

is that malfunction is to function improperly while troubleshooting is present participle of lang=en.

malfunction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • faulty functioning
  • failure to function

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to function improperly
    • She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned .
  • to fail to function

    • troubleshooting

    English

    (wikipedia troubleshooting)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.
    • When it comes to computer problems, his troubleshooting is first-rate.

    Verb

    (head)

    • References

    * * "troubleshooting" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)