Accurate and Wrong

Accurate

Accurate adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.
Usage example: an accurate count of the number of people coming to the wedding reception

Wrong is an antonym for accurate in topics: precise, estimate, correct.

Nearby Words: accurately, accuracy

Wrong

Wrong adjective - Having an opinion that does not agree with truth or the facts.
Usage example: I'm sorry, but the latest research proves you wrong

Accurate is an antonym for wrong in topics: true, incorrect.

Both words in one sentence

  • Manual Misprint X3: Terran Conflict is much more accurate, but it's still wrong on some things; it has ships with the wrong picture, and it talks about several guns that do not exist normally in the game.
  • If some element of a fit is shown to be wrong, even if it is drastically wrong in areas, some part of it must be accurate otherwise it would never have been accepted in the first place.
  • While "hyun" (being a single syllable) is a somewhat accurate representation of the Korean pronunciation using English orthography, "die" is blatantly wrong.
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