different between chastise vs correct

English

Alternative forms

• chastize (archaic in British English and rare in American English)

Etymology

From Old French chastier, from Latin castigo. See also the doublets chasten and castigate and cf. also chaste.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?æ?sta?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?æsta?z/, /t?æ?sta?z/
• Rhymes: -a?z

Verb

chastise (third-person singular simple present chastises, present participle chastising, simple past and past participle chastised)

1. To punish (someone), especially by corporal punishment.
   • 1809, Flavius Josephus, The first eleven books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with a table of the Jewish coins, weights and measures, page 402:

     and if his father had chastised them with whips, they must expect that he would do it with scorpions.

   • 2018, Nyx Smith, Shadowrun Legends: Striper Assassin, Catalyst Game Labs

     “There is a man who must be chastised,” she says softly, lightly. “Chastised in a physical way. It should not be difficult. Not for you.”

2. To castigate; to severely scold or censure (someone).
3. To lightly criticize or correct (someone).
   • 2002, Eric Porter, What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists, Univ of California Press (?ISBN), page 50:

     While Ellington voiced praise and respect for Benny Goodman and some white bandleaders, he gently chastised others for profiting from “musical-simplification to the 'nth' degree” and “reach[ing] a pleasing musical middle.”

   • 2011, Patricia Colton, The Window Blind, AuthorHouse (?ISBN), page 496:

     “You're not insensitive,” she lightly chastised. “I love you.” “Love you too.”

   • 2017, Ava Stone, A Scandalous Ruse:

     “Greg,” she lightly chastised. “You're not supposed to move your lips.” “Yes, I know. I'm a horrible subject. But do answer the question, Bella.”

   • 2019, Eliza Ellis, Hers to Kiss, Eliza Ellis

     “You could've trusted me,” Pete gently chastised. “I can handle it.” He sat on the edge of her bed. “I was afraid to, honey. I know how stressed you've been with the camp […] ”

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Translations

See also

• punish
• castigate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k????kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt
• Hyphenation: cor?rect

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French correct, from Latin correctus (“improved, amended, correct”), past participle of corrigere, conrigere (“to make straight, make right, make better, improve, correct”), from com- (“together”) + regere (“to make straight, rule”).

Adjective

correct (comparative more correct, superlative most correct)

1. Free from error; true; accurate.

2. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.

Synonyms

• (free from error): right
• (with good manners): well-mannered, well behaved

Antonyms

• (without error): incorrect, inaccurate
• (with good manners): uncouth

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

correct

1. (India) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

   Synonym: OK

Etymology 2

From Middle English correcten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus.

Verb

correct (third-person singular simple present corrects, present participle correcting, simple past and past participle corrected)

1. (transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
   • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:

     Her millions of adoring fans had yet to hear her speak, and when she finally did, she sounded more like a sailor than a starlet, spewing a profanity-laced, G-dropping Brooklynese that no amount of dialect coaching could correct.

2. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).

3. (transitive) To inform (someone) of their error.

4. (transitive) To discipline; to punish.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:repair

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• correct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• correct in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• correct at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French correct, from Latin corr?ctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??r?kt/
• Hyphenation: cor?rect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Adjective

correct (comparative correcter, superlative correctst)

1. correct

Inflection

Synonyms

• juist

Derived terms

• correctheid
• incorrect

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin correctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??kt/
• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): /k?.??k/

Adjective

correct (feminine singular correcte, masculine plural corrects, feminine plural correctes)

1. correct, right

2. (colloquial) passable, okay

3. (Quebec, colloquial) OK, fine, alright

Derived terms

• politiquement correct

Related terms

• correctement
• correctif
• correction
• corriger
• incorrect
• incorrectement

Further reading

• “correct” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).