The difference between Exactly and Right

When used as interjections, exactly means ., whereas right means yes, that is correct.

When used as adverbs, exactly means without approximation, whereas right means on the right side.

Right is also noun with the meaning: that which complies with justice, law or reason.

Right is also verb with the meaning: to correct.

Right is also adjective with the meaning: straight, not bent.

check bellow for the other definitions of Exactly and Right

Exactly as an adverb (manner):

without approximation; precisely.

Examples:

"Measure exactly so we can be sure it is right."

"The edge is not exactly straight."
Exactly as an adverb (focus):

Used to provide emphasis.

Examples:

"It was exactly an Eastern gray squirrel."

"He divided the coins exactly in half."

"He did it that way exactly to prove the point."

"His complaint was exactly that she failed to meet the deadline by four days."

Right as an adjective (archaic):

Straight, not bent.

Examples:

"a right line"
Right as an adjective (geometry):

Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.

Examples:

"The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall."
Right as an adjective (geometry):

Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.

Examples:

"a right triangle'', ''a right prism'', ''a right cone"
Right as an adjective:

Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.

Examples:

"I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along."

"It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work."
Right as an adjective:

Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.

Examples:

"Is this the right software for my computer?"
Right as an adjective:

Healthy, sane, competent.

Examples:

"I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind."
Right as an adjective:

Real; veritable (used emphatically).

Examples:

"You've made a right mess of the kitchen!"
Right as an adjective (Australia):

All right; not requiring assistance.
Right as an adjective (dated):

Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
Right as an adjective:

Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →

Examples:

"After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left."
Right as an adjective:

Designed to be placed or worn outward.

Examples:

"the right side of a piece of cloth"
Right as an adjective (politics):

Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

Right as an adverb:

On the right side.
Right as an adverb:

Towards the right side.
Right as an adverb:

Exactly, precisely.

Examples:

"The arrow landed right in the middle of the target."

"Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film."
Right as an adverb:

Immediately, directly.

Examples:

"Can't you see it? It's right beside you!"

"Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view."
Right as an adverb (British, US, dialect):

Very, extremely, quite.

Examples:

"I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?"

"I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much."
Right as an adverb:

According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
Right as an adverb:

In a correct manner.

Examples:

"Do it right or don't do it at all."
Right as an adverb (dated, still used in some titles):

To a great extent or degree.

Examples:

"Sir, I am right glad to meet you …"

"Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life."

"The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci."

Right as a noun:

That which complies with justice, law or reason.

Examples:

"We're on the side of right in this contest."
Right as a noun:

A legal, just or moral entitlement.

Examples:

"You have no right to go through my personal diary."

"see also'' [[in right of]]"
Right as a noun:

The right side or direction.

Examples:

"The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop."
Right as a noun:

The right hand.
Right as a noun (politics):

The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.

Examples:

"The political right holds too much power."
Right as a noun:

The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

Right as a verb (transitive):

To correct.

Examples:

"'Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible."
Right as a verb (transitive):

To set upright.

Examples:

"The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile."
Right as a verb (intransitive):

To return to normal upright position.

Examples:

"When the wind died down, the ship righted."
Right as a verb (transitive):

To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

Examples:

"to right the oppressed"

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