Glitch vs. Bug
Glitchnoun
(countable) A problem affecting function.
‘They are still trying to work out all the glitches.’;
Bugnoun
(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
Glitchnoun
An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
Bugnoun
Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
Glitchnoun
(video games) A bug or an exploit.
‘Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.’;
Bugnoun
(colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
‘These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.’;
Glitchnoun
A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
‘electronic music’;
Bugnoun
Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
Glitchnoun
A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.
Bugnoun
A problem that needs fixing.
‘The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3.’;
Glitchverb
To experience an unexpected, typically intermittent malfunction.
‘My computer keeps glitching; every couple of hours it just reboots without warning.’;
Bugnoun
A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it
‘He’s got the flu bug.’;
Glitchverb
To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.
‘His character will glitch into the wall and out of the level.’;
Bugnoun
(informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession
‘I think he’s a gold bug: he has over 10,000 ounces in storage.’; ‘I caught the skiing bug while staying in the Alps.’;
Glitchnoun
A fault or defect in a system, plan, or machine.
Bugnoun
(informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
Glitchnoun
A brief surge or interruption in the voltage in an electrical circuit or device.
Bugnoun
A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
‘We installed a bug in her telephone.’;
Glitchnoun
a fault or defect in a system or machine
Bugnoun
A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
‘He suspected the image was a Web bug used for determining who was visiting the site.’;
Glitch
A glitch is a short-lived fault in a system, such as a transient fault that corrects itself, making it difficult to troubleshoot. The term is particularly common in the computing and electronics industries, in circuit bending, as well as among players of video games.
Bugnoun
(broadcasting) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it
‘Channel 4's bug distracted Jim from his favorite show.’;
Bugnoun
(aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
Bugnoun
A semi-automated telegraph key.
Bugnoun
(obsolete) Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.
Bugnoun
HIV.
Bugnoun
(poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
Bugnoun
A trilobite.
Bugnoun
A young apprentice jockey.
Bugverb
To annoy.
‘Don’t bug me, I’m busy!’;
Bugverb
(transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
‘We need to know what’s going on. We’ll bug his house.’;
Bugnoun
A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
‘Sir, spare your threats:The bug which you would fright me with I seek.’;
Bugnoun
A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
Bugnoun
An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (Cimex lectularius). See Bedbug.
Bugnoun
One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
Bugnoun
One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
Bugnoun
An error in the coding of a computer program, especially one causing the program to malfunction or fail. See, for example, year 2000 bug.
Bugnoun
Any unexpected defect or flaw, such as in a machine or a plan.
Bugnoun
A hidden electronic listening device, used to hear or record conversations surreptitiously.
Bugnoun
An infectious microorganism; a germ{4}.
Bugnoun
An undiagnosed illness, usually mild, believed to be caused by an infectious organism.
Bugnoun
An enthusiast; - used mostly in combination, as a camera bug.
Bugverb
to annoy; to bother or pester.
Bugnoun
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
Bugnoun
a fault or defect in a system or machine
Bugnoun
a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
Bugnoun
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
Bugnoun
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
Bugverb
annoy persistently;
‘The children teased the boy because of his stammer’;
Bugverb
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;
‘The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy’; ‘Is this hotel room bugged?’;
