Application vs. Operation

Application vs. Operation — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Application and Operation

Applicationnoun

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

The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.

Operationnoun

The method by which a device performs its function.

It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.

Applicationnoun

The substance applied.

Operationnoun

The method or practice by which actions are done.

Applicationnoun

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

Operationnoun

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

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Applicationnoun

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

I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.

Operationnoun

A planned undertaking.

The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.

Applicationnoun

(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.)

This iPhone application can connect to most social networks.

Operationnoun

A business or organization.

We run our operation from a storefront.They run a multinational produce-supply operation.

Applicationnoun

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

December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.

Operationnoun

(medicine) A surgical procedure.

She had an operation to remove her appendix.
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Applicationnoun

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

Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.

Operationnoun

a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).

Applicationnoun

The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.

Operationnoun

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

Applicationnoun

Diligence; close thought or attention.

Operationnoun

(obsolete) Effect produced; influence.

Applicationnoun

A kind of needlework; appliqué.

Operationnoun

a business especially one run on a large scale;

a large-scale farming operationa multinational operationthey paid taxes on every stage of the operationthey had to consolidate their operations

Applicationnoun

(obsolete) Compliance.

Operationnoun

a planned activity involving many people performing various actions;

they organized a rescue operationthe biggest police operation in French historyrunning a restaurant is quite an operationconsolidate the companies various operations

Applicationnoun

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

December 31 is the deadline for applications

Operationnoun

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

the operations in building a housecertain machine tool operations

Applicationnoun

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

he advocated the application of statistics to the problema novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis

Operationnoun

the state of being in effect or being operative;

that rule is no longer in operation

Applicationnoun

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

he has tried several different word processing applications

Operationnoun

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

they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is availablehe died while undergoing surgery

Applicationnoun

the work of applying something;

the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodinea complete bleach requires several applicationsthe surface was ready for a coating of paint

Operationnoun

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

it was a joint operation of the navy and air force

Applicationnoun

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

a lotion for dry skin

Operationnoun

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

it can perform millions of operations per second

Applicationnoun

a diligent effort;

it is a job requiring serious application

Operationnoun

process or manner of functioning or operating;

the power of its engine determine its operationthe plane's operation in high windsthey compared the cooking performance of each oventhe jet's performance conformed to high standards

Operationnoun

(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods;

the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivationthey were learning the basic operations of arithmetic

Operationnoun

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

the process of thinkingthe cognitive operation of remembering

Operationnoun

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

her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride