correct vs have words
have words vs correctcorrect is an adjective but have words is not an adjective.
correct and have words both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| correct | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| have words | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
have words is a hypernym of
correct; that is, have words is a
word with a broader meaning than correct:
- correct: censure severely
- have words: censure severely or angrily
Other hypernyms of correct include
bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce.
| correct (adjective) | have words (adjective) |
|---|---|
| free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth | |
| correct in opinion or judgment | |
| socially right or correct | |
| in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure |
| correct (verb) | have words (verb) |
|---|---|
| treat a defect | censure severely or angrily |
| make right or correct | |
| alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | |
| censure severely | |
| fall in value | |
| punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | |
| make reparations or amends for | |
| adjust for |
Words related to "correct"
- aby
- abye
- accurate
- adjust
- align
- alter
- amend
- atone
- attune
- balance
- bawl out
- berate
- calibrate
- call down
- call on the carpet
- care for
- carry
- castigate
- change
- change by reversal
- chasten
- chastise
- chew out
- chew up
- chide
- citify
- come down
- compensate
- coordinate
- correction
- corrective
- correctness
- corrigible
- counterbalance
- cover
- debug
- decline
- decompress
- depressurise
- depressurize
- descend
- discipline
- dress down
- equilibrate
- equilibrise
- equilibrize
- even off
- even out
- even up
- exact
- expiate
- fall
- falsify
- fine-tune
- fit
- flame
- focalise
- focalize
- focus
- go down
- graduate
- harmonise
- harmonize
- have words
- incorrect
- jaw
- justify
- lambast
- lambaste
- lecture
- letter-perfect
- linearise
- linearize
- make up
- match
- modify
- modulate
- objurgate
- ordinate
- over-correct
- overcompensate
- penalise
- penalize
- plumb
- precise
- pressurise
- pressurize
- proper
- proportion
- punish
- rag
- readjust
- rebuke
- reconcile
- rectify
- redress
- regulate
- remediate
- remedy
- remonstrate
- repair
- reprimand
- reset
- reverse
- right
- right-minded
- rightness
- scold
- set
- sharpen
- slump
- sort out
- straight
- sync
- synchronise
- synchronize
- take to task
- temper
- time
- treat
- trim
- trounce
- true
- tune
- tune up
- turn
- word-perfect
- zero
- zero in
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