The difference between Inexact and Precise

When used as adjectives, inexact means imperfectly conforming, whereas precise means exact, accurate.


Precise is also verb with the meaning: to make or render precise.

check bellow for the other definitions of Inexact and Precise

  1. Inexact as an adjective:

    Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.

  2. Inexact as an adjective:

    Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated

  3. Inexact as an adjective (physics, of a differential):

    having a path-dependent integral

  1. Precise as an adjective:

    exact, accurate

    Examples:

    "ant inexact imprecise"

  2. Precise as an adjective (sciences, of experimental results):

    consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other

    Examples:

    "ant inconsistent varying"

  3. Precise as an adjective:

    adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious

  1. Precise as a verb (nonstandard, used by, _, NNES, or, in jargon, e.g. by the European Union, transitive):

    To make or render precise.