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Malfunction vs Undefined - What's the difference?

malfunction | undefined |

As a noun malfunction

is faulty functioning.

As a verb malfunction

is to function improperly.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

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

    • undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined