Truthfulness vs. Accuracy

Truthfulnessnoun

The quality of being truthful

Accuracynoun

The state of being accurate; being free from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; correctness

‘The value of testimony depends on its accuracy.’;

Truthfulnessnoun

the quality of being truthful

Accuracynoun

Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.

Accuracynoun

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy.

‘The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy.’; ‘The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides.’;

Accuracynoun

the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value;

‘he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass’; ‘the lawyer questioned the truth of my account’;

Accuracynoun

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number;

‘the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy’;

Accuracynoun

the quality or state of being correct or precise

‘we have confidence in the accuracy of the statistics’;

Accuracynoun

the degree to which the result of a measurement, calculation, or specification conforms to the correct value or a standard

‘accuracies of 50–70 per cent’; ‘the accuracy of radiocarbon dating’;