Exact vs Clear - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between exact and clear

is that exact is to forcibly obtain or produce while clear is to obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

As an adverb clear is

all the way; entirely.

As a noun clear is

full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

exact

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.

Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

I see thou art exact of taste.

* 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

An exact command, / Larded with many several sorts of reason.

(algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.

Synonyms

* (precisely agreeing) perfect, true, correct, precise * (precisely or definitely conceived or stated) strict * spot on

Antonyms

* (precisely agreeing) inexact, imprecise, approximate * (precisely or definitely conceived or stated) loose

Derived terms

* exactly * exactness * exact sequence

Verb

(en verb)

To demand and enforce the payment or performance of.

to exact tribute, fees, or obedience

* Bible, Luke iii. 13

He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

To make desirable or necessary.

* Massinger

My designs exact me in another place.

To forcibly obtain or produce.

to exact revenge

Derived terms

* exactable * exacter * exacting * exactor

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clear

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Alternative forms

* (contraction used in electronics)

Adjective

(er)

Transparent in colour.

Bright, not dark or obscured.

Free of obstacles.

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Without clouds.

Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

(lb) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.

Free of ambiguity or doubt.

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Distinct, sharp, well-marked.

(lb) Free of guilt, or suspicion.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, / In action faithful, and in honour clear .

(lb) Without a thickening ingredient.

Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.

(lb) Free from the influence of engrams; see .

Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

Mother of science! now I feel thy power / Within me clear , not only to discern / Things in their causes, but to trace the ways / Of highest agents.

Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

With a countenance as clear / As friendship wears at feasts.

Easily or distinctly heard; audible.

* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

Hark! the numbers soft and clear / Gently steal upon the ear.

Unmixed; entirely pure.

Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.

Without diminution; in full; net.

* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

I often wished that I had clear , / For life, six hundred pounds a year.

Antonyms

* obscure * (of a soup) thick

Derived terms

* as clear as a bell * as clear as day * as clear as mud * clarity * clearly * clearness * crystal clear * free and clear * in the clear * keep a clear head * keep clear

Adverb

(-)

All the way; entirely.

I threw it clear across the river to the other side.

Not near something or touching it.

Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.

free (or separate) from others

* {{quote-news

, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Much soul-searching is going on at the west London club who, just seven weeks ago, were five points clear at the top of the table and playing with the verve with which they won the title last season. }}

(obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.

* (rfdate) (Milton)

Now clear I understand.

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To remove obstructions or impediments from.

*1715–8 , (Matthew Prior), “Alma: or, The Progre?s of the Mind” in Poems on Several Occa?ions (1741), canto III, p.297:

*:Faith, Dick, I mu?t confe?s, ?tis true // (But this is only Entre Nous ) // That many knotty Points there are, // Which All di?cu?s, but Few can clear .

*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)

*:A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

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*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)

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(lb) To become freed from obstructions.

*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.

(lb) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.

(lb) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:Iam sure he will clear me from partiality.

*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)

*:Wouldst thou clear rebellion?

(lb) To pass without interference; to miss.

(lb) To become clear.

(lb) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

To earn a profit of; to net.

* (1800-1859)

the profit which she cleared on the cargo

(lb) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.

*1613 , (Francis Bacon), (second edition), essay 18: “ Of Expences”:

*:Be?ides, he that cleares' at once will relap?e: for finding him?elfe out of ?traights, he will reuert to his cu?tomes. But hee that ' cleareth by degrees, induceth an habite of frugality, and gaineth as well vpon his minde, as vpon his E?tate.

To obtain a clearance.

(lb) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending goal.

*{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Chris Whyatt, title=Chelsea 1-0 Bolton

, work=BBC citation , passage=Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.}}

To fell all trees of a forest.

To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.

Synonyms

* (clear a forest) stub

Derived terms

* clear away * clear off * clear out * clear up * clearance * clearing

Noun

(en noun)

(carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

a room ten feet square in the clear

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