Glitch vs. Bug — What's the Difference?

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.

An insect having mouthparts used for piercing and sucking, such as an aphid, a bedbug, or a stinkbug.

A minor malfunction, mishap, or technical problem; a snag

An insect of any kind, such as a cockroach or a ladybug.

A false or spurious electronic signal caused by a brief, unwanted surge of electric power.

A small invertebrate with many legs, such as a spider or a centipede.

(Astronomy) A sudden change in the period of rotation of a neutron star.

A disease-producing microorganism or agent

(countable) A problem affecting function.

The illness or disease so produced

An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.

A defect or difficulty, as in a system or design.

(video games) A bug or an exploit.

(Computers)A defect in the code or routine of a program.

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.

An enthusiasm or obsession

A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.

An enthusiast or devotee; a buff

To experience an unexpected, typically intermittent malfunction.

An electronic listening device, such as a hidden microphone or wiretap, used in surveillance

To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.

To grow large; bulge

A fault or defect in a system, plan, or machine.

To annoy; pester.

A brief surge or interruption in the voltage in an electrical circuit or device.

To prey on; worry

A fault or defect in a system or machine

To equip (a room or telephone circuit, for example) with a concealed electronic listening device.

To make (the eyes) bulge or grow large.

(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).

Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.

(informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.

(US) Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.

A bedbug.

A problem that needs fixing.

A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.

(informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.

(informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.

A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device.

A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.

(broadcasting) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.

(aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.

A semi-automated telegraph key.

(obsolete) Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.

HIV.

(poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.

A trilobite.

Synonym of oil bug.

An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.

A young apprentice jockey.

(printing) union bug.

A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.

A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.

To annoy.

To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.

(transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

A bugbear; anything which terrifies.

A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.

An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (Cimex lectularius). See Bedbug.

One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.

One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.

An error in the coding of a computer program, especially one causing the program to malfunction or fail. See, for example, year 2000 bug.

Any unexpected defect or flaw, such as in a machine or a plan.

A hidden electronic listening device, used to hear or record conversations surreptitiously.

An infectious microorganism; a germ{4}.

An undiagnosed illness, usually mild, believed to be caused by an infectious organism.

An enthusiast; - used mostly in combination, as a camera bug.

To annoy; to bother or pester.

General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

A fault or defect in a system or machine

A small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

Annoy persistently;

Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;