Alter vs. Correct
Alterverb
(transitive) To change the form or structure of.
Alterverb
(intransitive) To become different.
Alterverb
(transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
Alterverb
(transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
Alterverb
(transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
Alternoun
One of the identities or personalities of a person with multiple personality disorder / dissociative identity disorder.
Alterverb
To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
Alterverb
To agitate; to affect mentally.
Alterverb
To geld.
Alterverb
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
Alterverb
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation;
Alterverb
make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence;
Alterverb
make an alteration to;
Alterverb
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
Alterverb
remove the ovaries of;
Alterverb
change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way
Alterverb
make structural changes to (a building)
Alterverb
castrate or spay (a domestic animal).
Correctadjective
Free from error; true; accurate.
Correctadjective
With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
Correctverb
(transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
Correctverb
To grade (examination papers).
Correctverb
(transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.
Correctverb
(transitive) To discipline; to punish.
Correctadjective
Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views.
Correctverb
To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles.
Correctverb
To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked).
Correctverb
To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying.
Correctverb
To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; - said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.
Correctverb
make right or correct;
Correctverb
make reparations or amends for;
Correctverb
censure severely;
Correctverb
adjust or make up for;
Correctverb
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience;
Correctverb
go down in value;
Correctverb
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;
Correctverb
treat a defect;
Correctadjective
free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth;
Correctadjective
socially right or correct;
Correctadjective
in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
Correctadjective
correct in opinion or judgment;
