Defects in the machinery caused several fires to break out in the factory.
This camera is defective – the flash doesn’t work. I’ll need to exchange it.
When a baby is born having something wrong or not normal with its body, this is
called a birth defect. The word fault refers to responsibility for a problem or mistake. It’s usually used
with “my/your/his/her fault” or to say that a person/company is “at fault” for the
problem.
The car accident was his fault because he drove through a red light.
The giant factory is at fault for the air pollution in this area.
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www.EspressoEnglish.net You can also use the word faults to talk about problems with people’s character in
general, as in the expression, “Everyone has their faults.”