Application vs. Operation

The act of applying.

The act or process of operating or functioning.

Something applied, such as a cosmetic or curative agent.

The state of being operative or functional

The act of putting something to a special use or purpose

A process or series of acts involved in a particular form of work

A specific use to which something is put

An instance or method of efficient, productive activity

The capacity of being usable; relevance

An unethical or illegal business

Close attention; diligence

(Medicine) A surgical procedure for remedying an injury, ailment, defect, or dysfunction.

A request, as for assistance, employment, or admission to a school.

(Mathematics) A process or action, such as addition, substitution, transposition, or differentiation, performed in a specified sequence and in accordance with specific rules.

The form or document on which such a request is made.

A logical operation.

(Computers) A computer program designed for a specific task or use.

(Computers) An action resulting from a single instruction.

Of or being a computer program designed for a specific task or use

A military or naval action, campaign, or mission.

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense

Operations The headquarters or center from which a military action, flights into and out of an airfield, or other activities are controlled.

The substance applied.

Operations The division of an organization that carries out the major planning and operating functions.

The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

The method by which a device performs its function.

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

The method or practice by which actions are done.

(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.

A planned undertaking.

A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.

A business or organization.

The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.

(medicine) A surgical procedure.

Diligence; close thought or attention.

A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands);
a function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.

A kind of needlework; appliqué.

(military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm)

(obsolete) Compliance.

(obsolete) Effect produced; influence.

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

The thing applied.

The method of working; mode of action.

The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.

Effect produced; influence.

That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable.

Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities or mathematical objects, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.

The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.

Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc.

The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.

A business especially one run on a large scale;

The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.

A planned activity involving many people performing various actions;

A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.

A process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;

A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school;

The state of being in effect or being operative;

The act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose;

A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body;

A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task;

Activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign);

The work of applying something;

(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction);

Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin;

Process or manner of functioning or operating;

A diligent effort;

(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods;

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;

The activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.);