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Edit vs Corrective - What's the difference?

edit | corrective |

As nouns the difference between edit and corrective

is that edit is an edict, type of legislative and/or judicial proclamation, originally emanating from a roman magistrate while corrective is something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability.

As an adjective corrective is

of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.

edit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A change to the text of a document.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To change a text, or a document.
    • I want to edit this sentence.
    Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.
  • To be the editor of a publication.
    • He edits the Bee.

    Related terms

    * editable * edition * editor * editorial

    Synonyms

    * retouch, fix up, alter

    Anagrams

    * diet * tide * tied ----

    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
    • ----