Difference between Precise and Pinpoint

What is the difference between Precise and Pinpoint?

Precise as an adjective is exact, accurate while Pinpoint as an adjective is extremely precise or specific, especially regarding location.

Precise

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: exact, accurate Of experimental results, consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other. This does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value.

Example sentence: I have a feeling of complete balance. The sea, the house, the loneliness, the light. Everything is clearer. Much more precise. I have the feeling that I am living on a limit, and I'm crossing that limit sometimes.

Pinpoint

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Extremely precise or specific, especially regarding location.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To identify or locate precisely or with great accuracy.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The point of a pin

Example sentence: Maybe every city has a unique sensibility, but we don't have names for what they are or haven't identified them all. We can't pinpoint exactly what makes each city's people unique yet.

We hope you now know whether to use Precise or Pinpoint in your sentence.

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