Corrective vs Corrigible - What's the difference?
corrective | corrigible |
Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct
Qualifying; limiting.
* Holdsworth
Something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability
(obsolete) limitation; restriction
Able to be corrected or set right.
(obsolete) Submissive to correction; docile.
(obsolete) Deserving chastisement; punishable.
(obsolete) Having power to correct; corrective.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between corrective and corrigible
is that corrective is (obsolete) limitation; restriction while corrigible is (obsolete) having power to correct; corrective.As adjectives the difference between corrective and corrigible
is that corrective is of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct while corrigible is able to be corrected or set right.As a noun corrective
is something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability.corrective
English
Adjective
(-)- As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes .
- The Psalmist interposeth this corrective particle.
Noun
(en noun)- alkalies are correctives of acids
- penalties are correctives of immoral conduct
corrigible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Bending down his corrigible neck. — Shakespeare.
- He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. — Howell.
- The corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. — Shakespeare.