Correct
Correct adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.
Usage example: a real brainteaser with only one correct solution to it
Wrong
Wrong adjective - Having an opinion that does not agree with truth or the facts.
Usage example: I'm sorry, but the latest research proves you wrong
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Verbal Backspace: Narrators will often realise they got something wrong and correct it, while the re-enactment plays out both versions one after the other.
Source: Series / Drunk History -
It is up to the player and an alternate future version of Trunks to Set Right What Once Went Wrong and correct the changes being made in history.
Source: Alternate Timeline -
Instead, he turns to Lone Star chastising him for doing it wrong and instructs him on the correct technique.
Source: Do Wrong, Right
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Wrong and Correct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/correct/wrong
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Wrong or Correct. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/correct/wrong.
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