Correct
Correct adjective - Following the established traditions of refined society and good taste.
Usage example: painfully correct dress for the state dinner at the White House
Decent is a synonym for correct in proper topic. In some cases you can use "Decent" instead an adjective "Correct", when it comes to topics like courtesy.
Decent
Decent adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.
Usage example: as decent and kind a couple as you could ever hope to meet
Correct is a synonym for decent in courtesy topic. You can use "Correct" instead an adjective "Decent", if it concerns topics such as proper, respectable.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- He was acting on his own initiative, his correct belief that this was expected of a decent person, and his mistaken belief that Hitler was a decent person.
Source: All Germans Are Nazis -
In an episode of The Office (US) Gabe is mistaken for an Abe Lincoln impersonator, at first he tries to correct them but eventually he goes along with it and does a pretty decent impression.
Source: Useful Notes / Abraham Lincoln - Jack: The Italians have a saying, Lemon: "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." And although they've never won a war or mass-produced a decent car, in this area they are correct.
Source: Keeping the Enemy Close
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