Difference between Correct and Wrong

CORRECT vs WRONG: NOUN

Correction.

Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error.
Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right.
Synonyms and Sin, Iniquity, etc. See crime.
To suffer the infliction of wrong; have wrong treatment.
A state of being wrrong or of acting wrongly; an erroneous or unjust view, attitude, or procedure in regard to anything: chiefly in the phrase in the wrong.
Harm or evil inflicted; damage or detriment suffered; an injury, mischief, hurt, or pain imparted or received: as, to do one a wrong.
Wrong action or conduct; anything done contrary to right or justice; a violation of law, obligation, or propriety; in law, an invasion of right, to the damage of another person; a tort: as, to do or commit wrong, or a wrong.
That which is wrong, amiss, or erroneous; the opposite of right, or of propriety, truth, justice, or goodness; wrongfulness; error; evil.
A tort.
An invasion or a violation of another's legal rights.
The condition of being in error or at fault.
That which is unjust, immoral, or improper.
An unjust, injurious, or immoral act.
That which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
A legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right

CORRECT vs WRONG: ADJECTIVE

With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error.
Conforming to standards; proper.
Free from error or fault; true or accurate.
Correct in opinion or judgment
Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
Socially right or correct

Designating the side, as of a garment, that is less finished and not intended to show.
Not functioning properly; amiss.
Not fitting or suitable; inappropriate or improper.
Not required, intended, or wanted.
Unfair; unjust.
Contrary to conscience, morality, or law.
Not in conformity with fact or truth; incorrect or erroneous.
Badly timed
Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
Not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or taste; undesirable
Not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
Not according with the facts
Based on or acting or judging in error
Contrary to conscience or morality or law
Not in accord with established usage or procedure
Used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward

CORRECT vs WRONG: VERB

Adjust for
To inform (someone) of the latter's error.
To grade (examination papers).
To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
Censure severely
Make reparations or amends for
Go down in value
Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
Adjust or make up for
Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
Make right or correct
Treat a defect

Treat unjustly; do wrong to

CORRECT vs WRONG: INTRANSITIVE VERB

To make adjustments; compensate.
To make corrections.
To adjust so as to meet a required standard or condition.
To remedy or counteract (a defect, for example).
To scold or punish so as to improve or reform.
To speak to or communicate with (someone) in order to point out a mistake or error.
To indicate or mark the errors in.
To remove the errors or mistakes from.
To make or put right.

CORRECT vs WRONG: TRANSITIVE VERB

To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious.
To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline.
To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right.
To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify.

To impute evil to unjustly.
To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure.
To discredit unjustly; malign.
To treat (someone) unjustly or injuriously.

CORRECT vs WRONG: ADVERB

In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
Immorally or unjustly.
In a wrong course or direction.
In a wrong manner; mistakenly or erroneously.
In an incorrect manner

CORRECT vs WRONG: OTHER WORD TYPES

Free from error
Fall in value
In accordance or agreement with a certain standard, model, or original; conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety; not faulty; free from error or misapprehension; accurate: as, the correct time.
Synonyms Improve, Better. See amend.
To endeavor to cause moral amendment in; especially, punish for wrong-doing; discipline.
Specifically, in optics, to eliminate from (an eyepiece or object-glass) the spherical or chromatic aberration which tends to make the image respectively indistinct or discolored. See aberration, 4.
To destroy or frustrate; remove or counteract the operation or effects of, especially of something that is undesirable or injurious; rectify: as, to correct abuses; to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.
To point out and remove, or endeavor to remove, an error or fault in: as, to correct an astronomical observation.
To make alterations in, as type set for printing, according to the marking on a proof taken from it; make the changes required by: as, to correct a page or a form; to correct a proof.
Specifically— To note or mark errors or defects in, as a printer's proof, a book, a manuscript, etc., by marginal or interlinear writing.
To make straight or right; remove error from; bring into accordance with a standard or original; point out errors in.

In an inaccurate manner
The wrong side of the road"
Characterized by errors
Not correct
Do wrong to
Treat unjustly
Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
Not functioning properly
Imp. of wring. Wrung.
Incorrect, faulty.
Immoral, inequitable, unfair.
Synonyms Unfit, unsuitable, inappropriate, inapposite.
Wrong is in all senses the opposite and correlative of right.
In a state of misconception or error; not correct in action, belief, assertion, or the like; mistaken; in error.
Deviating from that which is correct, proper, or suitable; not according to intention, requirement, purpose, or desire: as, the wrong side of a piece of cloth (the side to be turned inward).
Deviating from right or truth; not correct or justifiable in fact or morals; erroneous; perverse: as, wrong ideas; wrong courses.
Not right in state, adjustment, or the like; not in order; disordered; perverse; being awry or amiss.
Crooked; twisted; wry.
To be in the wrong in regard to; view or consider wrongly; give an erroneous seeming to; put in the wrong, or in a false light.
To be the cause of wrong or harm to; affect injuriously; be hurtful to; in an old nautical use, to take the wind from the sails of, as a ship in line with another to windward.
To do wrong to; treat unfairly, unjustly, or harmfully; do or say something injurious or offensive to; injure; harm; oppress; offend.
In a wrong manner; not rightly; erroneously; incorrectly; amiss; ill.
(idiom) (go wrong) To behave immorally after a period of innocence or moral behavior.
(idiom) (go wrong) To make a mistake or mistakes.
(idiom) (go wrong) To go amiss; turn out badly.
(idiom) (do (someone) wrong) To be unfaithful or disloyal.

CORRECT vs WRONG: RELATED WORDS

Objurgate, Sort out, Straight, Discipline, Chastize, Castigate, Chasten, Chastise, Compensate, Redress, Right, Exact, Precise, Proper, Accurate

Unethical, Reprehensible, False, Immoral, Mis, Inaccurate, Untrue, Misguided, Mistaken, Wrongheaded, Awry, Erroneous, Haywire, Amiss, Incorrect

CORRECT vs WRONG: DESCRIBE WORDS

Incorrect, Word perfect, Right minded, Letter perfect, Sort out, Straight, Discipline, Castigate, Chasten, Redress, Right, Exact, Precise, Proper, Accurate

Unethical, Reprehensible, False, Immoral, Mis, Inaccurate, Untrue, Misguided, Mistaken, Wrongheaded, Awry, Erroneous, Haywire, Amiss, Incorrect

CORRECT vs WRONG: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

If the hazardous materials certification is not correct the incorrect items in the shipment will be returned; the correct items will be forwarded on.
Please validate that your receipt number is correct and that you have paid the correct amount for the visa which you are applying for.
The Correct Import Errors spreadsheet enables you to correct import errors encountered during the Payables Invoice import process.
Consult the community for individuals concerned by correct procedures, and correct avoidance names, and time periods for avoidance.
The notice period must not only be the correct length but it must also end on the correct date.
Of the four possible outcomes, two are correct and two are NOT correct.
Correct your information with the agency that does not have your correct and current legal name and date of birth.
This number helps the body shop order the correct replacement parts and the correct paint color for each car.
Spot the correct animals in the correct habitats.
Each correct response gains you one mark and another mark for a correct explanation.

Okay for me to say that if your gut tells you something is wrong, something is probably wrong.
If a war is wrong, as Vietnam was, it our government that is wrong not our servicemen!
If you have decided to write it, remember, there are no wrong reasons only wrong ways of expressing those reasons.
Right is right, even if no one is right, and wrong is wrong, even when everyone is wrong.
Servas is also wrong and her receipt is of course, wrong.
His victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
She further claims that the wrong type of mesh was used in the wrong way.
Often really fighting against an authority or mainstream that did not recognize their wrong as being wrong.
It also sends a wrong message to our troops at exactly the wrong time.
Mostly they talk about the wrong things with the wrong facts and with wrong assumptions.

CORRECT vs WRONG: QUESTIONS

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What is the correct way to correct errors in a quote?

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Is there anything wrong with complimentary tickets?
Are You making wrong-patient identification mistakes?
Can Providence basketball prove the naysayers wrong?
What's wrong with ERR_redefinition_loop_control 3075?
What is wrong with Dispensational premillennialism?
What's wrong with the cover of the song the world is so wrong?
What are some examples of the wrong person in the wrong place?
Does wrong cease to be wrong when the majority share in it?
Why are wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient errors considered never events?

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CORRECT AND WRONG

CORRECT vs WRONG: NOUN

CORRECT vs WRONG: ADJECTIVE

CORRECT vs WRONG: VERB

CORRECT vs WRONG: INTRANSITIVE VERB

CORRECT vs WRONG: TRANSITIVE VERB

CORRECT vs WRONG: ADVERB

CORRECT vs WRONG: OTHER WORD TYPES

CORRECT vs WRONG: RELATED WORDS

CORRECT vs WRONG: DESCRIBE WORDS

CORRECT vs WRONG: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

CORRECT vs WRONG: QUESTIONS