Precise vs. Exact
Precise and Exact Definitions
Precise
Clearly expressed or delineated; definite
The victim gave a precise description of the suspect.
Exact
Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality
An exact account.
An exact replica.
Your exact words.
Precise
Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct
A precise measurement.
A precise instrument.
Exact
Characterized by accurate measurements or inferences with small margins of error; not approximate
An exact figure.
An exact science.
Precise
Strictly distinguished from others; very
At that precise moment.
Exact
Characterized by strict adherence to standards or rules
An exact speaker.
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Precise
Distinct and correct in sound or meaning
Precise pronunciation.
Precise prose.
Exact
To force the payment or yielding of; extort
Exact tribute from a conquered people.
Precise
Conforming strictly to rule or proper form
"The setting up of this Maypole was a lamentable spectacle to the precise separatists that lived at New Plymouth" (Thomas Morton).
Exact
To demand and obtain by force or authority
A harsh leader who exacts obedience.
Precise
Exact, accurate
Exact
To inflict (vengeance or punishment, for example).
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Precise
Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value
Exact
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
The clock keeps exact time.
He paid the exact debt.
An exact copy of a letter
Exact accounts
Precise
Adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious
Exact
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
A man exact in observing an appointment
In my doings I was exact.
Precise
To make or render precise; to specify.
Exact
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
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Precise
Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.
The law in this point is not precise.
For the hour preciseExacts our parting hence.
Exact
Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.
Precise
Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious.
He was ever precise in promise-keeping.
Exact
(ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
To exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
Precise
Sharply exact or accurate or delimited;
A precise mind
Specified a precise amount
Arrived at the precise moment
Exact
(transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
Precise
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct;
A precise image
A precise measurement
Exact
(transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.
To exact revenge on someone
Exact
Exactly
She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!
Exact
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.
I took a great pains to make out the exact truth.
Exact
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact.
Exact
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
An exact command,Larded with many several sorts of reason.
Exact
To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; - followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Years of servise pastFrom grateful souls exact reward at last
My designsExact me in another place.
Exact
To practice exaction.
The anemy shall not exact upon him.
Exact
Claim as due or just;
The bank demanded payment of the loan
Exact
Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;
The accident claimed three lives
The hard work took its toll on her
Exact
Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact;
An exact mind
An exact copy
Hit the exact center of the target
Exact
(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct;
A precise image
A precise measurement
