difference between failed and broken test

Question

I want to simply know the basic difference between "failed" test and "broken" test in nunit.

Answer 1

I don't know about nUnit specifically but in general testing terminology, the two are well defined.

A failing test is one which is well written and which has determined that the component being tested is broken. This usually happens when an assertion fails in the test case.

A broken test is a badly written test that fails because of an error in itself rather than in the module being tested. This can, for example, be a syntax error in the test.

Answer 2

A failed test is a test which violated the asserts. A broken test could not be run because it's broken.