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Incorrect vs Overgenerate - What's the difference?

incorrect | overgenerate |

As an adjective incorrect

is not correct; erroneous or wrong.

As a verb overgenerate is

(natural language processing) to assign meaning to incorrect sentences.

incorrect

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
  • * He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question
  • Faulty or defective.
  • * The PC crashed due to incorrect programming
  • Inappropriate or improper.
  • * He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary

    • Antonyms

    * correct * right * proper

    Derived terms

    * incorrectly * incorrectness

    overgenerate

    English

    Verb

    (overgenerat)
  • (natural language processing) To assign meaning to incorrect sentences.
  • :If you know that all the text you wish to analyse is correct, a set of rules that overgenerate a grammar would be sufficient.