Precise vs Apt - What's the difference?

precise | apt | Related terms |

Precise is a related term of apt.

As a verb precise

is .

As a noun apt is

As a proper noun apt is

precise

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Exact, accurate.

(sciences) Of experimental results, consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other. This does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere.

Synonyms

* See also

Antonyms

* inexact, imprecise * (consistent) inconsistent, varying

Derived terms

* prissy

Anagrams

* ----

apt

English

Adjective

(en-adj)

Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

Tonight there’s a full moon, which is apt , since the election night will bring out the lunatics.

* (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)

a river apt to be forded by a lamb

(of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.

* (1628–1699)

My vines and peacheswere apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.

* (1834-1913)

This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.

* (Fairfax Harrison) (1869-1938)

that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers

Ready]]; especially fitted or [[qualify, qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.

* (rfdate) Johnson

An apt wit.

* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:(Although I) live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die.

Synonyms

(split by senses) * disposed, predisposed, inclined, liable, tending towards * appropriate, suitable, meet * fit, qualified * prompt, quick * ready * See also

Derived terms

() * aptly * aptness