Correcter

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. More accurate, proper, or free of mistakes than something else ; a person or device that fixes errors or removes faults
2. Closer to being right or proper than another thing ; someone or something that amends mistakes or repairs flaws
3. Having fewer errors or a more proper form compared with another item ; a person or tool whose role is to rectify faults

Etymology: "Correcter" is a plain formation: the adjective "correct" with the comparative ending "-er" attached, so it means "more correct." It is built on the same stem as "correct," which came into English from Latin "corrigere," meaning "to set right," and "correct" carried the sense of right or proper before it ever described fixing errors. The "-er" ending does two jobs here. As a comparative, it turns "correct" into a degree of comparison, and as an agent suffix it can also name something that performs the action, which is how the second sense, a person or device that fixes faults, arises.

Synonyms: more accurate, more exact, more proper

Antonyms: more incorrect