Correct and Real

Correct

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

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

Real

Real adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.
Usage example: this shirt is real silk, not polyester

Correct and real are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correct" instead an adjective "Real".

Nearby Words: realize, realise, reality, realistic, really

Both words in one sentence

  • Comicbook / Gotham Central That is the correct and real-life procedure for arrests, even when somebody says they already know the speech.
  • One Last Smoke The girl Snake meets in "Chock full o'Nuts" played by Season Hubley in Escape from New York receives a "real one" after asking Snake for a smoke (making the correct assumption that he just got in).
  • Subverted in The Mage Winds Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey, where a wolf-like creature's name is mispronounced as "Hashi." He doesn't correct them because his real name really DOES sound like a sneeze.
    Source: Gesundheit
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