different between exhortation vs correction

English

Etymology

From Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhort?ti?nem, accusative singular of exhort?ti? (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

exhortation (countable and uncountable, plural exhortations)

1. The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
2. Language intended to incite and encourage

   Synonym: counsel

   Antonym: admonition

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advice

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhort?ti?. Synchronically analysable as exhorter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.z??.ta.sj??/

Noun

exhortation f (plural exhortations)

1. An exhortation

   Synonym: encouragement

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• correxion (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corr?cti?. Doublet of correctio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k????k??n/
• Hyphenation: cor?rec?tion
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

correction (countable and uncountable, plural corrections)

1. The act of correcting.
2. A substitution for an error or mistake.
3. (chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
4. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
5. A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
6. (procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• correction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corr?cti?, corr?cti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??k.sj??/

Noun

correction f (plural corrections)

1. correction (all senses)
2. propriety (quality of being proper or correct)

Derived terms

• maison de correction

Related terms

• correct
• correcteur
• correctif
• corriger

Further reading

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