Mistake and error mean something that is done incorrectly or wrong. Thus, they are synonyms. But the difference between these two words is in the context that they are used in.

　　Mistake和error意味著某事做的不正確或錯誤。因此，它們是同義詞。但這兩個詞的區別在于它們所用的上下文。

　　1. Mistake is usually a choice that turns out to be wrong.

　　1.Mistake通常是一種錯誤的選擇。

　　Mistakes are usually accidental. You know it’s wrong. In other words, mistakes are performance based, and can be self-corrected. Mistake is less formal than error, and is usually used in daily speech.

　　Mistakes通常是偶然的。你知道這是錯誤的。換句話說，mistakes是基于行為產生的，并且可以自我修正。mistake比error更不正式，通常在日常講話中使用。

　　Coming to this place was a big mistake. We only wasted our time.

　　來到這個地方是個大錯誤。我們只是浪費了自己的時間。

　　2. Errors are usually made due to the lack of knowledge. So, the action was wrong because it was different from the rules, model or specific code. Error is a more formal word than mistake.

　　2.Errors通常是由于缺乏知識造成的。因此，該行為是錯誤的，因為它不同于規則、模型或特定代碼。Error是比mistake更正式的詞。

　　In sports, the violation of rules will be called an error.

　　在體育運動中，違反規則將被稱為犯規。

　　You cannot say, “I does my homework” – that’s an error! You have to say, “I do my homework”.

　　你不能說，“I does my homework”—那是個錯誤!你必須說，“I do my homework”。