what is difference between severity and priority?
what is difference between bug and defect?

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what is difference between severity and priority? what is difference between bug and defect?..

Answer / ravikanth

As per my knowledge both Defect and Bug are same.
Naming convetions are different for diifferent clients or
different organizations.

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what is difference between severity and priority? what is difference between bug and defect?..

Answer / rajani

severity means How badly it is affecting on function.
Priority means How important it is to fix that bug.


Defect means anything which is missing, extra and wrong.
Bug means error.

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what is difference between severity and priority? what is difference between bug and defect?..

Answer / guest

I tester finds any thing than its called bug.
If coustomer finds Than its deffect

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