The difference between Correct and Exact
When used as verbs, correct means to make something that was wrong become right, whereas exact means to demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
When used as adjectives, correct means free from error, whereas exact means precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth.
Exact is also adverb with the meaning: exactly.
check bellow for the other definitions of Correct and Exact
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Correct as an adjective:
Free from error; true; accurate.
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Correct as an adjective:
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
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Correct as a verb (transitive):
To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
Examples:
"The navigator corrected the course of the ship."
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Correct as a verb (by extension, transitive):
To grade (examination papers).
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Correct as a verb (transitive):
To inform (someone) of their error.
Examples:
"It's rude to correct your parents."
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Exact as an adjective:
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
Examples:
"The clock keeps exact time."
"He paid the exact debt."
"an exact copy of a letter"
"'exact accounts"
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Exact as an adjective:
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
Examples:
"a man exact in observing an appointment"
"In my doings I was exact."
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Exact as an adjective:
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
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Exact as an adjective (algebra, of a [[sequence]] of [[group]]s connected by [[homomorphism]]s):
Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.
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Exact as a verb (transitive):
To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
Examples:
"to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone."
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Exact as a verb (transitive):
To make desirable or necessary.
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Exact as a verb (transitive):
To forcibly obtain or produce.
Examples:
"to exact revenge on someone"
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Exact as an adverb:
exactly
Examples:
"She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!"