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Autocorrect vs Autocorrection - What's the difference?

autocorrect | autocorrection | Related terms |

Autocorrect is a related term of autocorrection.


As a verb autocorrect

is to make an autocorrection; to correct something automatically.

As a noun autocorrection is

automatic correction, especially of text in a word processor.

autocorrect

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make an autocorrection; to correct something automatically
    • 2006 Joseph Reinhardt and Josien Pluim, "Medical imaging 2006", Part 3:
  • :: In [16], motion-free MR brain (Figure 2a) image was corrupted with motion artifacts and the resulting image (Figure 2b) was autocorrected to fix the motion artifacts.
    • 2011 Jeff Allen, Get Laid Or Die Trying: The Field Reports , page 212:
  • :: But the good news is that it autocorrects all of your subcommunications.
    • 2012 Margaret Mallet, The Primary English Encyclopedia , page 26:
  • :: The computer usually defaults to autocorrecting certain spellings and capitalising first words of sentences.

    • autocorrection

    English

    Noun

  • automatic correction, especially of text in a word processor

    • Related terms

    *autocorrect