Difference between Exact and Verbatim

What is the difference between Exact and Verbatim?

Exact as a verb is to demand and enforce the payment or performance of. while Verbatim as a verb is word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.

Exact

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To demand and enforce the payment or performance of. To make desirable or necessary. To forcibly obtain or produce.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict. Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.

Example sentence: The human brain works as a binary computer and can only analyze the exact information-based zeros and ones (or black and white). Our heart is more like a chemical computer that uses fuzzy logic to analyze information that can't be easily defined in zeros and ones.

Verbatim

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Corresponding with the original word for word.Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A word-for-word report of a speech.

We hope you now know whether to use Exact or Verbatim in your sentence.

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