Consistent vs. Correct — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Consistent and Correct
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Consistent
In agreement; compatible
The testimony was consistent with the known facts.
Correct
To make or put right
Correct a mistake.
Correct a misunderstanding.
Consistent
Being in agreement with itself; coherent and uniform
A consistent pattern of behavior.
Correct
To remove the errors or mistakes from
Corrected her previous testimony.
Consistent
Reliable; steady
Demonstrated a consistent ability to impress the critics.
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Correct
To indicate or mark the errors in
Correct an exam.
Consistent
(Mathematics) Having at least one common solution, as of two or more equations or inequalities.
Correct
To speak to or communicate with (someone) in order to point out a mistake or error.
Consistent
Holding true as a group; not contradictory
A consistent set of statements.
Correct
To scold or punish so as to improve or reform.
Consistent
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.
He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!
Correct
To remedy or counteract (a defect, for example)
The new glasses corrected his blurry vision.
Consistent
Compatible, accordant.
Correct
To adjust so as to meet a required standard or condition
Correct the wheel alignment on a car.
Consistent
(logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
Correct
To make corrections.
Consistent
Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
Correct
To make adjustments; compensate
Correcting for the effects of air resistance.
Consistent
A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.
Correct
Free from error or fault; true or accurate.
Consistent
Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.
The humoral and consistent parts of the body.
Correct
Conforming to standards; proper
Correct behavior.
Consistent
Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.
Show me one that has it in his powerTo act consistent with himself an hour.
With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent.
Correct
Free from error; true; accurate.
Your test was completely correct, you get 10 out of 10
We all agreed they'd made the correct decision.
Consistent
Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions.
It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and a conspirator.
Correct
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
Consistent
(sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable;
Testimony consistent with the known facts
I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war
Correct
Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
Consistent
Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts;
A logical argument
The orderly presentation
Correct
A correct response.
Consistent
Capable of being reproduced;
Astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained
Correct
(transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.
The navigator corrected the course of the ship.
Consistent
The same throughout in structure or composition;
Bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product
Correct
To grade (examination papers).
The teacher stayed up all night correcting exams.
Correct
(transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.
It's rude to correct your parents.
Correct
(transitive) To discipline; to punish.
Correct
Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views.
Always use the most correct editions.
Correct
To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles.
This is a defect in the first make of some men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards.
Correct
To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked).
Correct
To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying.
My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me.
Correct
To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; - said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.
Correct
Make right or correct;
Correct the mistakes
Rectify the calculation
Correct
Make reparations or amends for;
Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Correct
Censure severely;
She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
Correct
Adjust or make up for;
Engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Correct
Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience;
The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
Correct
Go down in value;
The stock market corrected
Prices slumped
Correct
Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;
Adjust the clock, please
Correct the alignment of the front wheels
Correct
Treat a defect;
The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia
Correct
Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth;
The correct answer
The correct version
The right answer
Took the right road
The right decision
Correct
Socially right or correct;
It isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye
Correct behavior
Correct
In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
What's the right word for this?
The right way to open oysters
Correct
Correct in opinion or judgment;
Time proved him right
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