Holy vs Exact - What's the difference?

Holy is a related term of exact.

As adjectives the difference between holy and exact

is that holy is naked while exact is precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.

As a verb exact is

to demand and enforce the payment or performance of.

holy

English

Adjective

(er)

Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.

I'm planning to visit the holy city of Mecca this Ramadan.

Revered in a religion.

Perfect or flawless.

Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).

Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.

(slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.

Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!

Synonyms

* (dedicated to a religious purpose or a god) sacred * (revered in a religion) sacred * faultless, flawless, perfect * (separated or set apart from something) sanctified * (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose) reserved, special

Antonyms

* (dedicated to a religious purpose or a god) * (revered in a religion) profane, secular, unholy, worldly * damaged, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect * (separated or set apart from something) * (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose) common

Derived terms

* holiest of holies * holiness * holy cats * holy cow * holy crap * Holy Ghost * Holy Grail * Holy of Holies * holy mackerel * holy moly, holy moley * holy Moses * holy mother of God * Holy See * holy shit * holy smoke * holy snakes * Holy Spirit * holy Toledo * Holy Trinity * holy war * holy water * Holy Week

Noun

(holies)

(archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in (Holy of Holies).

* Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art (1882) p. 146:

The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.

Derived terms

* holiest of holies * Holy of Holies

exact

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.

Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

I see thou art exact of taste.

* 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

An exact command, / Larded with many several sorts of reason.

(algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.

Synonyms

* (precisely agreeing) perfect, true, correct, precise * (precisely or definitely conceived or stated) strict * spot on

Antonyms

* (precisely agreeing) inexact, imprecise, approximate * (precisely or definitely conceived or stated) loose

Derived terms

* exactly * exactness * exact sequence

Verb

(en verb)

To demand and enforce the payment or performance of.

to exact tribute, fees, or obedience

* Bible, Luke iii. 13

He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

To make desirable or necessary.

* Massinger

My designs exact me in another place.

To forcibly obtain or produce.

to exact revenge

Derived terms

* exactable * exacter * exacting * exactor

External links

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