decoration vs fault

decoration

noun
  • Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc. 

  • The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host 

  • Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation. 

  • The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. 

fault

verb
  • To commit a mistake or error. 

  • To fracture. 

  • To undergo a page fault. 

  • To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone. 

noun
  • A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which subjects a person or thing to increased risk of danger. 

  • In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam. 

  • A mistake or error. 

  • An illegal serve. 

  • A lost scent; act of losing the scent. 

  • Blame; the responsibility for a mistake. 

  • A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity. 

  • A weakness of character; a failing. 

  • A minor offense. 

  • A defect; something that detracts from perfection. 

  • An abnormal connection in a circuit. 

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