Acuity vs Accurate - What's the difference?
acuity | accurate |
Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
In exact or careful conformity to truth; the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate'' calculator; an ''accurate'' measure; ''accurate expression, knowledge, etc.
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Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
(obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
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As a noun acuity
is sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.As an adjective accurate is
in exact or careful conformity to truth; the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate'' calculator; an ''accurate'' measure; ''accurate expression, knowledge, etc.acuity
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(en-adj)- For more than 90% of the figures (mostly drawn during 1976-1990), either a scale, or the given magnification, will allow the user to derive accurate measurements, even when these are lacking in the diagnosis.
- Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below.