correct vs false vs wrong
Definitions
verb
- make reparations or amends for
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- make right or correct
- censure severely
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
adjective
- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
- socially right or correct
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
- correct in opinion or judgment
Examples
In this edition, such mistakes are corrected, and the original errata slips are also published.
The hat, I think the style was called fedora, had a dark band and a dint in the top, which my father would sometimes correct with a chopping action of his right hand.
You can't have a show called Politically Incorrect and then abjectly apologize for not being PC.
Definitions
adjective
- erroneous and usually accidental
- inappropriate to reality or facts
- arising from error
- designed to deceive
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
adverb
- in a disloyal and faithless manner
Examples
It would almost be better to have no backbench bills at all than the current system, which offers a false glimmer of hope.
Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and down of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.
The coulpe or peccavi, is made for a very small matter — a broken glass, a torn veil, an involuntary delay of a few seconds at an office, a false note in church, etc.; this suffices, and the coulpe is made.
