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Correction vs Correctness - What's the difference?

correction | correctness |

As nouns the difference between correction and correctness

is that correction is the act of correcting while correctness is freedom from error.

correction

English

Alternative forms

* correxion (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of correcting.
  • A substitution for an error or mistake.
  • Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
  • An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
  • A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.

    • Derived terms

    * correction centre, correction center * correction fluid * hypercorrection

    correctness

    English

    (wikipedia correctness)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • freedom from error
  • conformity to the truth or to fact
  • conformity to recognized standards
  • (computing) The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.

    • Antonyms

    * incorrectness