fault vs precision

fault

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. 

verb
  • To commit a mistake or error. 

  • To fracture. 

  • To undergo a page fault. 

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

precision

adj
  • Made, or characterized by accuracy. 

  • Used for exact or precise measurement. 

noun
  • The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably. 

  • The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently. 

  • A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely. 

  • The state of being precise or exact; exactness. 

How often have the words fault and precision occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )