What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Corrective vs Therapy - What's the difference?

corrective | therapy |

As nouns the difference between corrective and therapy

is that corrective is something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability while therapy is treatment of disease or disability, physical or mental.

As an adjective corrective

is of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.

As a verb therapy is

to treat with a therapy.

corrective

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct
    • As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes .
  • Qualifying; limiting.
  • * Holdsworth
    • The Psalmist interposeth this corrective particle.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability
    • alkalies are correctives of acids
    penalties are correctives of immoral conduct
  • (obsolete) limitation; restriction
    • ----

    therapy

    English

    Noun

    (therapies)
  • Treatment of disease or disability, physical or mental.
  • Healing power or quality.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * adjuvant therapy * antitherapy * apitherapy * art therapy * autotherapy * autohemotherapy * brachytherapy * chemotherapy * cobalt therapy * conversion therapy * cryotherapy * ecotherapy * electroconvulsive therapy * electrotherapy * gene therapy * gestalt therapy * heliotherapy * hypnotherapy * immunotherapy * logotherapy * magnotherapy * monotherapy * multidrug therapy * music therapy * neoadjuvant therapy * oligotherapy * oxygen therapy * ozone therapy * physical therapy * physiotherapy * primal therapy * psychotherapy * radiotherapy * radiation therapy * reparative therapy * retail therapy * running therapy * serotherapy * shock therapy * systemic therapy * teletherapy * theotherapy * thought field therapy * timeline therapy * vinotherapy

    Related terms

    * therapeutic * therapeutical * therapist

    Verb

  • To treat with a therapy.
  • To undergo a therapy.

    • Anagrams

    * English homographic denominal verbs