Difference between a bug and a glitch

bloodthirstyvampire · May 2017

Is a bug and a glitch the same thing or whats the difference between them

Tostiee · May 2017

A bug is a small insect and a glitch is a problem or fault preventing you from doing something succesful.

But on a serious note a bug is something that can't be completed or achieved and a glitch is a small problem but you can still achieve or complete the thing (I think).

Kodrac · May 2017

Same thing to me. The two are interchangeable. For example: This quest is glitched, I can't finish it. - This quest is bugged, I can't finish it.

Merlin13KAGL · May 2017

I would normally say a bug is repeatable under specific circumstances, where a glitch is more of a rare/one time event.

Bugs, by that definition, should be easier to track down and fix than a glitch.

Also a bug will have to do with the way something is coded. A glitch can be code, hardware, or a number of other (otherwise unrelated) factors.

Bugs will be under a dev's control. A glitch may not be.

waterfairy · May 2017

I see a bug as something wrong with the game that's bad for you and a glitch as something wrong with the game that's good for you or amusing.

KochDerDamonen · May 2017

Bug - unintended but consistent error in a system. Like, an item intended to heal for 10% of your hp but was not tested and actually just heals 10 because of the code of the item or something it's based in/references from

Glitch - generally an unforseeable interaction or the result of the program's engine reacting to something in an unexpected way, more elusive and not caused by a simple mistype.

This is why we have bug reports, and not glitch reports