Correct and Detecting

Correct

Correct adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.

Detecting and correct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Detecting" instead an adjective "Correct".

Detecting

Detecting noun - A police investigation to determine the perpetrator.

Correct and detecting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correct" instead an adjective "Detecting".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • I Believe That You Believe It: When FBI Agent Tilly hears Harry talking about vampires, magic, and the supernatural and his lie detecting ability doesn't correct him, his first response is this idea because if Harry earnestly believed it to be true, Harry wouldn't be technically telling a lie.
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