Incorrect and Right

Incorrect

Incorrect adjective - Having an opinion that does not agree with truth or the facts.
Usage example: you're incorrect about the date of the final exam—it's next Tuesday, not Wednesday

Right is an antonym for incorrect in topics: inappropriate, false, wrong.

Nearby Words: incorrectness, incorrectly

Right

Right adjective - Following an original exactly.
Usage example: a modern replica of an 18th-century British warship that is right in all of its details

Incorrect is an antonym for right in topics: correct, appropriate, accurate.

Both words in one sentence

  • Right-Handed Left-Handed Guns Akimbo in Modern Warfare 2, at least for the USP, results in a combination of correct and incorrect models - the right-hand gun is modeled as it should be (or close enough, given the above), while the left-hand one is, to save on resources, just a reversed copy of the right one.
  • Insufferable Genius Ross in Friends tends to be right on many subjects and he always has to prove that he is right whenever someone says something grammatically incorrect or state a wrong fact.
  • Manga / Nanamaru Sanbatsu Answer: 7 Right 3 Wrong Explanation: It means that one wins when he gets seven correct answers, or gets disqualifed when he gives three incorrect answers.
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