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What's the difference between fault floor and weakness?
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Fault is a noun, which means a mistake or problem in something we commonly refer to.
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Technical faults.
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Mechanical faults on electrical faults.
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When talking about machinery or computers, for example, the train was delayed due to a mechanical fault.
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Faults can also be used to talk about who is to blame for a mistake.
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You'll often hear people say it's your fault.
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It's his fault.
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It's her fault or it wasn't my fault.
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For example, it is completely my fault that this video is so awesome.
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I do not apologize.
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Finally, fault can be used in reference to what we believe is a negative part of somebody's personality or character.
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But don't judge anybody too harshly, because remember, we all have our faults.
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Thanks now for the noun floor, a floor is a mark or a blemish, which spoils something's appearance.
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For example, this copy of the book has a tiny printing floor on the cover, which makes it very rare and very valuable.
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A floor can also be a minor fault or weakness in something, making it less valuable or less effective.
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And this is particularly common with thinking or reasoning words.
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We can talk about a floor in an idea.
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Ah, floor in an argument of Florida concept Ah, floor in a design, for example.
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It's a nice idea, but it has a serious floor in it.
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Finally, we can talk about a floor in someone's character or a character floor.
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For example, my only character floor isn't I'm very short tempered.
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Now let's talk about the noun weakness, which is an area of something that lacks resilience or strength.
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For example, vampires have several weaknesses.
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Garlic, sunlight, religious iconography or a steak through the heart like fault and floor.
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A weakness can be something that makes something else less attractive or less effective.
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For example, in my opinion, the weakness of texting is that it doesn't communicate body language, which is so important, finally like fault.
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And floor weakness can also be used to describe a problem in someone's character.
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For example, their love of money is a worrying weakness, in my opinion.
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