Understanding The Difference Between Defects and Defectives

What Are Defects?

Any non-conformity that does not meet customer specification
Non-achievement of customer-specified requirements in the product/services.
Any product/part/service that does not achieve the acceptance of quality fitment, safety, testing, etc., generates a defect.

A part/product/service is said to be defective if the defects present in its severe and affect its functionality.
A product or service having a defect is not suitable for use.
A product or service Is considered defective if a defect related to fitment function durability and safety is present.

Defects	Defective Elements
A single-quality characteristic that does not meet customer specifications is called a defect.	A complete product that does not meet customer specifications is called defective.
One severe defect can cause a defective product.	A single defective product can have one or more defects out of which a minimum of one defect will be severe.
Based on the severity defects can be accepted by the customer.	Defective shall be rejected and never be dispatched to the customer.
The term non-conformity is sometimes used to signify a defect.	The term non-conforming is used to signify defective.
Metrics like DPU and DPMO are used for defect calculation.	Metrics like percentage PPM, PPB and PPT how used for defective calculation.