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26 Jun 2017
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What is the difference between malfunction and dysfunction ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between malfunction and dysfunction ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Malfunction has to do with machines, or any pieces of equipment /technology that fails to do a specific thing.
Dysfunction is used to describe humans. Like organs/behavior. You can sometimes say that a machine has a "Dysfunction part", but you can not use malfunction for humans.
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@mottainightland Malfunctions are an unusual mistake in function. When a normal process goes wrong, that's a malfunction.
Dysfunction is a usual function with a bad result.
"Usually the ATM is reliable, but a malfunction destroyed my card."
"When Carol rebels, her mother becomes more strict. So Carol rebels more, and her mother punishes her more. Their relationship is very dysfunctional."
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