Correction
Correction noun - A change designed to correct or improve a written work.
Mistake
Mistake noun - A wrong judgment.
How words are described
| similar | similar correction | similar mistake |
| small | small correction | small mistake |
| serious | serious correction | serious mistake |
| terrible | terrible correction | terrible mistake |
| Other adjectives: deliberate, major, minor, accidental, last, opposite. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The best way to correct an error is to write your correction by a bullet underneath while presevering the original mistake for posterity.
- Correction Baitnote You fail not to correct the mistake youve found.
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As long as it's an honest mistake and you're not using his name just to piss him off he'll let you go with a correction, as seen when Jane Valderamma mistakenly calls him Eddie; he just waves it off with a request to call him Killbane.
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