The difference between Exact and Inexact

When used as adjectives, exact means precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth, whereas inexact means imperfectly conforming.

Exact is also adverb with the meaning: exactly.

Exact is also verb with the meaning: to demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

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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"
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."
Exact as an adjective:

Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
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.

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."
Exact as a verb (transitive):

To make desirable or necessary.
Exact as a verb (transitive):

To forcibly obtain or produce.

Examples:

"to exact revenge on someone"

Exact as an adverb:

exactly

Examples:

"She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!"

Inexact as an adjective:

Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
Inexact as an adjective:

Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
Inexact as an adjective (physics, of a differential):

having a path-dependent integral

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