The difference between Correct and Uncouth

When used as adjectives, correct means free from error, whereas uncouth means unfamiliar, strange, foreign.


Correct is also verb with the meaning: to make something that was wrong become right.

check bellow for the other definitions of Correct and Uncouth

  1. Correct as an adjective:

    Free from error; true; accurate.

  2. Correct as an adjective:

    With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

  1. 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."

  2. Correct as a verb (by extension, transitive):

    To grade (examination papers).

  3. Correct as a verb (transitive):

    To inform (someone) of their error.

    Examples:

    "It's rude to correct your parents."

  1. Uncouth as an adjective (archaic):

    Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.

  2. Uncouth as an adjective:

    Clumsy, awkward.

  3. Uncouth as an adjective:

    Unrefined, crude.

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