Correctable vs. Corrigible — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Correctable and Corrigible
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Correctable
To make or put right
Correct a mistake.
Correct a misunderstanding.
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Corrigible
Capable of being corrected, reformed, or improved.
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Correctable
To remove the errors or mistakes from
Corrected her previous testimony.
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Corrigible
Able to be corrected or set right.
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Correctable
To indicate or mark the errors in
Correct an exam.
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Corrigible
(obsolete) Submissive to correction
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Correctable
To speak to or communicate with (someone) in order to point out a mistake or error.
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Corrigible
(obsolete) Deserving chastisement.
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Correctable
To scold or punish so as to improve or reform.
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Corrigible
(obsolete) Having power to correct.
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Correctable
To remedy or counteract (a defect, for example)
The new glasses corrected his blurry vision.
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Corrigible
Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.
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Correctable
To adjust so as to meet a required standard or condition
Correct the wheel alignment on a car.
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Corrigible
Submissive to correction; docile.
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Correctable
To make corrections.
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Corrigible
Deserving chastisement; punishable.
He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.
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Correctable
To make adjustments; compensate
Correcting for the effects of air resistance.
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Corrigible
Having power to correct; corrective.
The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
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Correctable
Free from error or fault; true or accurate.
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Corrigible
Capable of being corrected or set right;
A corrigible defect
A corrigible prisoner
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Correctable
Conforming to standards; proper
Correct behavior.
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Correctable
Able to be corrected
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Correctable
Capable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent;
A correctable image
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Correctable
Capable of being corrected by additions;
An amendable flaw
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