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Policing vs Correction - What's the difference?

policing | correction |

As a verb policing

is .

As a noun correction is

the act of correcting.

policing

Verb

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  • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing' is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is ' policing their use.}}

    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