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> noncompliance (and nonconformance, which is similar but not identical)

Anyone who can explain the difference?



A nonconformance is generally a physical thing. For instance a part my be out of tolerance or have have damage that makes it nonconforming.

A noncompliance is generally referring to procedures. For instance not documenting a step in a quality review or not following the assembly procedures for a door plug and ending up with some extra bolts.




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