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Recommendation vs Corrective - What's the difference?

recommendation | corrective |

As nouns the difference between recommendation and corrective

is that recommendation is an act of recommending while corrective is something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability.

As an adjective corrective is

of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.

recommendation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of recommending
  • That which is recommended
  • A commendation or endorsement

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * recommend

    corrective

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct
    • As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes .
  • Qualifying; limiting.
  • * Holdsworth
    • The Psalmist interposeth this corrective particle.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability
    • alkalies are correctives of acids
    penalties are correctives of immoral conduct
  • (obsolete) limitation; restriction
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