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Unjust vs Incorrect - What's the difference?

unjust | incorrect | Related terms |

Unjust is a related term of incorrect.


As adjectives the difference between unjust and incorrect

is that unjust is not fair, just or right while incorrect is not correct; erroneous or wrong.

unjust

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not fair, just or right.
  • The solution was very unjust .

    Synonyms

    * unfair

    Antonyms

    * just

    Usage notes

    Beware that unjust and injustice use different prefixes (French injustice was borrowed into English, but injuste was not). injust'' is archaic and ''unjustice is obsolete.

    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