Differentiate the term masked and latent defects

Question

Differentiate the term masked and latent defects?

Answer 1

a.) A masked defect can be defined as a present defect that has not so far caused a problem just because a different defect has prevented that fraction of the code from being executed.

b.) A latent defect can be defined as a present defect that has not up till now caused a failure because of the sets of conditions which were never met.