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Edify vs Correction - What's the difference?

edify | correction |

As a verb edify

is to build, construct.

As a noun correction is

the act of correcting.

edify

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To build, construct.
  • * , III.i:
    • That Castle was most goodly edifyde , / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde
  • To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
  • * Gibbon
    • It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public.
  • * 1813 , The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Vol. VI , page 455
    • That they ought to edify one another by maintaining and promoting the knowledge of truth.
    (Francis Bacon)

    Related terms

    * edification * edificator * edifier * edifying

    Anagrams

    *

    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