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Consistent vs. Correct — What's the Difference?

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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