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
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Inexact as an adjective:
Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
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Inexact as an adjective:
Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
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Inexact as an adjective (physics, of a differential):
having a path-dependent integral
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Precise as an adjective:
exact, accurate
Examples:
"ant inexact imprecise"
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Precise as an adjective (sciences, of experimental results):
consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other
Examples:
"ant inconsistent varying"
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Precise as an adjective:
adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious
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Precise as a verb (nonstandard, used by, _, NNES, or, in jargon, e.g. by the European Union, transitive):
To make or render precise.