Correct and Err

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Correct

Correct verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.
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Err is an antonym for correct.
Nearby Words: correction, correctly, correctness, corrected, corrective

Err

Err verb - To make a mistake.
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Correct is an antonym for err in do wrong topic.
Nearby Words: error, erring
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mistake correct mistake err mistake

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  • The line, "To err is human; to forgive, divine" is one where the phraseology is correct, but not the use - err in context means sin, not just an innocent mistake.
    Source: Beam Me Up Scotty / Religious Scripture
  • Cannot Tell a Joke Biff Tannen in Back to the Future is constantly, err, biffing his attempts at wordplay with lines like "Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here," and "That's as funny as a screen door on a battleship." Presumably everyone is too afraid of him to correct him.
    Source: Cannot Tell a Joke
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