Exact vs. Precise
Difference Between Exact and Precise
Exact➦
not approximated in any way; precise
the exact details were still being worked out
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Precise➦
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Exact➦
demand and obtain (something) from someone
he exacted promises that another Watergate would never be allowed to happen
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Precise➦
marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail
precise directions
I want as precise a time of death as I can get
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Exact➦
Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality
an exact account.
an exact replica.
your exact words.
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Precise➦
Clearly expressed or delineated; definite
The victim gave a precise description of the suspect.
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Exact➦
Characterized by accurate measurements or inferences with small margins of error; not approximate
an exact figure.
an exact science.
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Precise➦
Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct
a precise measurement.
a precise instrument.
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Exact➦
Characterized by strict adherence to standards or rules
an exact speaker.
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Precise➦
Strictly distinguished from others; very
at that precise moment.
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Exact➦
To force the payment or yielding of; extort
exact tribute from a conquered people.
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Precise➦
Distinct and correct in sound or meaning
precise pronunciation.
precise prose.
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Exact➦
To demand and obtain by force or authority
a harsh leader who exacts obedience.
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Precise➦
Conforming strictly to rule or proper form
"The setting up of this Maypole was a lamentable spectacle to the precise separatists that lived at New Plymouth" (Thomas Morton).
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Exact➦
To inflict (vengeance or punishment, for example).
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Precise➦
exact, accurate
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Exact➦
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
The clock keeps exact time.
He paid the exact debt.
an exact copy of a letter
exact accounts
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Precise➦
consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value
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Exact➦
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
a man exact in observing an appointment
In my doings I was exact.
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Precise➦
adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious
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Exact➦
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
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Precise➦
To make or render precise; to specify.
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Exact➦
Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.
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Precise➦
Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.
The law in this point is not precise.
For the hour preciseExacts our parting hence.
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Exact➦
(ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
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Precise➦
Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious.
He was ever precise in promise-keeping.
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Exact➦
(transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
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Precise➦
sharply exact or accurate or delimited;
a precise mind
specified a precise amount
arrived at the precise moment
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Exact➦
(transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.
to exact revenge on someone
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Precise➦
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct;
a precise image
a precise measurement
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Exact➦
exactly
She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!
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Exact➦
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.
I took a great pains to make out the exact truth.
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Exact➦
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact.
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Exact➦
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
An exact command,Larded with many several sorts of reason.
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Exact➦
To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; - followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Years of servise pastFrom grateful souls exact reward at last
My designsExact me in another place.
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Exact➦
To practice exaction.
The anemy shall not exact upon him.
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Exact➦
claim as due or just;
The bank demanded payment of the loan
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Exact➦
take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;
the accident claimed three lives
The hard work took its toll on her
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Exact➦
marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact;
an exact mind
an exact copy
hit the exact center of the target
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Exact➦
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct;
a precise image
a precise measurement
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