What is the purpose of fsck and e2fsck in Linux?

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1. #dangerous
2. #behave
3. #essentially
4. #shortcut
5. #mounted
6. #never
7. #correct
8. #otherwise
9. #errors
10. #saying
11. #e2fsck
12. #check
13. #filesystem
14. #partition