I don't think there's an obvious, meaningful difference between these two terms. The questions in each tag seem pretty similar.
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1I don't know... I think a bug is a bug that sucks, while a glitch is a minor bug that causes a minor amusement but does not break the gameplay– ZommuterSep 17, 2010 at 12:04
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@Tobias I suspect many of us feel these words imply slightly different things, but I also suspect that everyone's definition is a little bit different. Unless these words clearly define different things to the community as a whole, there is little value in separate tags.– sjohnstonSep 17, 2010 at 15:45
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4I'm voting to close this question as the tags it relates to have all since been removed– Robotnik ModOct 18, 2015 at 7:40
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Just for the record:
I'm totally in favor of merging it all into bug and setting up synonyms (thanks Grace).
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4I'm good for creating a synonym and for merging. I don't think there's a serious necessity to distinguish these. From a practicality standpoint, they are all used on basically the same topic. So this conclusion keeps in line with how we are actually using the tags. Sep 16, 2010 at 15:02
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2In case all the upvoters haven't noticed, Arda Xi setup a synonym for y'all to vote on! ♪ Sep 16, 2010 at 18:36
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As the synonym has passed, I have gone and performed the merge. I did review the list, and the only questionable entity was this one, as bug tends to have more negative connotations, but I think it's fine. Sep 16, 2010 at 19:55
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I had no idea gamers used "bug" more often than "glitch". I've always thought gamers used "glitch" more. In fact, there's "glitching" which refers specifically to exploiting glitches (for whatever motive), but not a similar term for exploiting bugs. Could be just me, though... May 26, 2011 at 19:35
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1@The Annoying might be carryover from the programmer/gamer crowd around here.– C. RossMay 26, 2011 at 19:58
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