These are two different mechanisms.
A) The implementation of the task "Something" can fail and throw exceptions. If those exception are not of type BPMNError, this will lead to a technical incident, which works with the retry mechanism defined in the task properties.
B) If the message is not received within the defined time, then the timer event will fire. This process path leads to a BPMN error end event, which will cause a BPMN error. If this error is not caught, it will not lead to a technical incident, but the process will end. The error is meant to be caught be a surrounding parent process with a BPMN error catch event. (see https://docs.camunda.io/docs/components/modeler/bpmn/error-events/)
Also see: https://docs.camunda.org/manual/7.19/user-guide/process-engine/error-handling/