Difference between Incorrectly and Wrong

What is the difference between Incorrectly and Wrong?

Incorrectly as an adverb is in an incorrect manner. while Wrong as an adverb is in a way that isn't right; done incorrectly; wrongly.

Incorrectly

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In an incorrect manner.

Wrong

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Incorrect or untrue.Asserting something incorrect or untrue.Immoral, not good, bad.Improper; unfit; unsuitable.Not working; out of order.Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In a way that isn't right; done incorrectly; wrongly.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something that is immoral or not good.The incorrect or unjust position or opinion. (Or is it the wronged?)The opposite of right; something which is wrong, particularly injustice.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To treat unjustly; to injure or harm.To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.

Example sentence: The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

We hope you now know whether to use Incorrectly or Wrong in your sentence.

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