Correct and Proof

Correct

Correct verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.

Proof and correct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proof" instead a verb "Correct".

Proof

Proof verb - Read for errors.

Correct and proof are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correct" instead a verb "Proof".

Nearby Words: proofed, proofing

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • In The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon often uses his IQ as a 'proof' that he's correct.
  • Jews Love to Argue Finally, Eliezer beseeched God himself to step in...which he did, identifying Eliezer as correct about the oven being tamei-proof.
  • One theory about Fermat's Last Theorem is that Fermat's proof was actually wrong, but the results were correct anyway.
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