Correct vs Repair - What's the difference?
correct | repair |
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 act of repairing something.
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The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
* Milton
* Wordsworth
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
* Shakespeare
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
* Clarendon
A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
* Dryden
To transfer oneself to another place.
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*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair .
*1850 , , (Jane Eyre)
*:I heard the visitors repair to their chambers.
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*:That finished, I repaired to my room, one flight up, and, after a thorough wash, seated myself, pipe in mouth, at the little window that opened on the Rue Garde. I had nothing more exciting on hand than to wait for word from Von Lindowe. I sincerely hoped that it would not be long, for it is not my forte to sit twiddling my thumbs.
As verbs the difference between correct and repair
is that correct is to make something that was not valid become right. To remove error while repair is to restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.As an adjective correct
is free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.As a noun repair is
the act of repairing something.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.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* correctable * correction * uncorrectableExternal links
* * * 1000 English basic words ----repair
English
Etymology 1
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.
Derived terms
* disrepairVerb
(en verb)- to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship
- to repair a shattered fortune
- secret refreshings that repair his strength
- Do thou, as thou art wont, repair / My heart with gladness.
- to repair a loss or damage
- I'll repair the misery thou dost bear.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* repairable / reparable, repairerEtymology 2
(etyl) . Cognate to repatriate.Noun
(en noun)- our annual repair to the mountains
- The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.
- There the fierce winds his tender force assail / And beat him downward to his first repair .