Correct vs Solve - What's the difference?
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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.
To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
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, title= (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
(mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
As verbs the difference between correct and solve
is that correct is to make something that was not valid become right. To remove error while solve is to find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.As an adjective correct
is free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.As a noun solve is
a solution; an explanation.correct
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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
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Verb
(solv)- True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
- God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
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