precision vs truth

precision

noun
  • The state of being precise or exact; exactness. 

  • The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably. 

  • The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently. 

  • A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely. 

adj
  • Made, or characterized by accuracy. 

  • Used for exact or precise measurement. 

truth

noun
  • Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy. 

  • Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom. 

  • True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality. 

  • Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc. 

  • That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth. 

  • The state or quality of being true to someone or something. 

verb
  • To tell the truth. 

  • To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy. 

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