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Rectify vs Tweak - What's the difference?

rectify | tweak |

In lang=en terms the difference between rectify and tweak

is that rectify is to correct or amend something while tweak is to twit or tease.

As verbs the difference between rectify and tweak

is that rectify is to correct or amend something while tweak is to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.

As a noun tweak is

a sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.

rectify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To correct or amend something.
  • (chemistry) To purify or refine, especially by distillation.
  • (electronics) To convert alternating current into direct current.
  • (transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
  • (transitive) To adjust (a globe) in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * rectifiable * rectifiably * rectification * rectifier * rectified spirit

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    tweak

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
  • a tweak of the nose .
  • Trouble; distress; tweag.
  • A slight adjustment or modification.
  • He is running so many tweaks it is hard to remember how it looked originally.
  • (obsolete, slang) A prostitute.
  • * 1638 , , Barnabae Itinerarium: or Drunken Barnaby's four journeys to the north of England : In latin and english metre , Thomas Gent (1852), page 113:
  • […] Thence to Bautree, as I came there, / From the bushes near the lane, there / Rush'd a tweak in gesture flanting / With a leering eye, and wanton : / But my flesh I did subdue it / Fearing lest my purse should rue it.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
  • (informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.
  • To twit or tease.
  • (intransitive, US, slang) To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
  • (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit symptoms of methamphetamine abuse, such as extreme nervousness, compulsiveness, erratic motion, excitability; possibly a blend of twitch and freak.
  • (intransitive, US, slang) To exhibit extreme nervousness, evasiveness when confronted by law enforcement or other authority (e.g., customs agents, border patrol, teacher, etc.), mimicking methamphetamine abuse symptoms.
  • Derived terms

    * (drug abuser) tweaker, (US) * (drug abuse) tweaking

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