Exact
Exact verb - To ask for (something) earnestly or with authority.
Wish
Wish verb - To offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
-
Plot Twist: Turns out, Alexia wished to Hayley at the exact same time Hayley made her wish!.
Source: Film / Wish Upon A Star -
I Just Want to Be You: The two girls think this of each other, while singing "I wish I had her life." I'm Your Biggest Fan: Tori's exact words when she met Keira.
-
Both of the defectors wish to exact revenge on the Ganglion for leaving them for dead or treating them like expendable slaves.
Cite this Source
Wish and Exact. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/exact/wish
Exact & Wish. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/exact/wish>.
Wish or Exact. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/exact/wish.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "exact" and "wish" have occurred on timeline