Agree vs Correct - What's the difference?
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To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur.
* {{quote-book, year=1594
, author=Thomas Lodge
, title=The wounds of civil war: Lively set forth in the true tragedies of Marius and Scilla
, page=46
, passage=You know that in so great a state as this, Two mightie foes can never well agree .}}
* (rfdate) Shakespeare
* (rfdate) Mark xiv. 56.
* (rfdate) Sir T. Browne
To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.
(transitive, UK, Irish) To yield assent to; to approve.
* {{quote-book, year=1666
, author=Samuel Pepys
, title=The Diary of Samuel Pepys
, page=88
, passage=... and there, after a good while in discourse, we did agree a bargain of £5,000 with Sir Roger Cuttance for my Lord Sandwich for silk, cinnamon, ...}}
* {{quote-book, year=2005
, author=Paddy McNutt
, title=Law, economics and antitrust: towards a new perspective
, page=59
, passage=The essential idea is that parties should enter the market, choose their contractors, set their own terms and agree a bargain.}}
* 2011 April 3, John Burke, in The Sunday Business Post :
To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
* (rfdate) Matt. v. 25.
* (rfdate) Matt. xx. 13.
To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
(grammar) To correspond to in gender, number, case, or person.
(legal) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.
Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
(by extension) To grade (examination papers).
To inform (someone) of the latter's error.
As verbs the difference between agree and correct
is that agree is while correct is to make something that was not valid become right to remove error.As an adjective correct is
free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.agree
English
Verb
- all parties agree in the expediency of the law.
- If music and sweet poetry agree .
- Their witness agreed not together.
- The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you.
- to agree to an offer, or to opinion.
- Bishops agree sex abuse rules
- Agree with thine adversary quickly.
- Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ?
- the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
- the same food does not agree with every constitution.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See * The transitive usage could be considered as just an omission of to'' or ''upon . * US and Canadian English do not use the transitive form. Thus "they agreed on a price" or "they agreed to the conditions" are used in North America but not "they agreed a price" or "they agreed the conditions".Synonyms
* assent, concur, consent, acquiesce, accede, engage, promise, stipulate, contract, bargain, correspond, harmonize, fit, tally, coincide, comportAntonyms
* disagreeDerived terms
* disagree * disagreementExternal links
* *Statistics
*correct
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (with good manners) well-mannered, well behavedAntonyms
* (without error) incorrect, inaccurate * (with good manners) uncouthDerived terms
* anatomically correct * correctly * hypercorrect * incorrectVerb
(en verb)- He corrected the position of the book on the mantle.
- It's rude to correct your parents.
