Correct vs Accuracy - What's the difference?
correct | accuracy |
Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
(by extension) To grade (examination papers).
To inform (someone) of the latter's error.
The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; nicety; correctness
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy? ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
As an adjective correct
is free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.As a verb correct
is to make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.As a noun accuracy is
the state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; nicety; correctness.correct
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (with good manners) well-mannered, well behavedAntonyms
* (without error) incorrect, inaccurate * (with good manners) uncouthDerived terms
* anatomically correct * correctly * hypercorrect * incorrectVerb
(en verb)- He corrected the position of the book on the mantle.
- It's rude to correct your parents.