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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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