Exact
Exact adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.
Usage example: maybe I wasn't being very exact when I said I had done it a million times—but it sure seemed like it
Proper is a synonym for exact. In some cases you can use "Proper" instead the word "Exact" as an adjective or a noun.
Proper
Proper adjective - Being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard.
Usage example: there is really more than one proper way to pronounce that word in English
Exact is a synonym for proper in property topic. You can use "Exact" instead the word "Proper" as an adjective or a verb, if it concerns topics such as correct, conventional.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Dwarven Metal is a Lost Technology alloy that looks like copper or bronze, though its exact composition (and even its proper Dwemer name) is forgotten.
Source: Fantasy Metals - Ironically, she never pays proper attention to him because he isn't an exact copy, but he ends up developing a soul and falling for her.
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Hit So Hard the Calendar Felt It: The exact year is never given, and Spider eventually states that no one knows the proper year anymore.
Source: Comic Book / Transmetropolitan
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