Elongate vs Correct - What's the difference?
elongate | correct |
To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
To depart to, or be at, a distance; especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
(obsolete) To remove further off.
Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
(by extension) To grade (examination papers).
To inform (someone) of the latter's error.
As adjectives the difference between elongate and correct
is that elongate is lengthened, extended while correct is free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.As verbs the difference between elongate and correct
is that elongate is to make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated while correct is to make something that was not valid become right to remove error.elongate
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(elongat)- (Sir Thomas Browne)
correct
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (with good manners) well-mannered, well behavedAntonyms
* (without error) incorrect, inaccurate * (with good manners) uncouthDerived terms
* anatomically correct * correctly * hypercorrect * incorrectVerb
(en verb)- He corrected the position of the book on the mantle.
- It's rude to correct your parents.