What’s the word for when you fix something but another problem comes up? And then you fix that problem, and then another problem shows up, and so on and so forth
Whack-a-mole
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Word that means "fixing something after it happens?"
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How does the word 'amend' relate to other synonyms for 'rectify'?
Amend, reform, and revise imply an improving by making corrective changes, amend usually suggesting slight changes.
// amend a law
How does the verb 'rectify' differ from other similar words?
Some common synonyms of rectify are amend, correct, emend, redress, reform, remedy, and revise. While all these words mean "to make right what is wrong," rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed.
// rectify a misguided policy
When could 'revise' be used to replace 'rectify'?
While in some cases nearly identical to rectify, revise suggests a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes.
// revise the schedule
Thanks guys! My husband and I were talking about game patches for Anthem and how more problems just kept coming up, and I was like, there’s a word for that! I appreciate your help!
There’s nothing unprofessional about “correcting a mistake.”
One typically corrects mistakes in publications by issuing errata (s. erratum). From Lexico:
erratum: An error in printing or writing.
Example sentence: ‘The publisher has inserted an erratum slip noting three errors in dates and explaining that a contrite Hoban ‘writes at all hours of the day and night, sometimes when a little the worse for wear’.’
errata: A list of corrected errors appended to a book or published in a subsequent issue of a journal.
Example sentence: 'Periodicals would use errata sections to correct some of the errors, and letters to the editor could be used to debate a previous article's contentions and possibly set the record straight.’
A less common term is corrigendum (pl. corrigenda). From Lexico:
corrigendum: A thing to be corrected, typically an error in a printed book.
Example sentence: ‘the 1980-84 cumulation contains corrigenda which are not included in the annual volumes’
If you're interested in a less formal context, you could use the simple word correction.
Example sentence: 'Correction: Please replace dictionray with dictionary.'
Totally professional.