Environment vs. Atmosphere

Environment vs. Atmosphere — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Environment and Atmosphere

Environmentnoun

The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.

Atmospherenoun

The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

Environmentnoun

The natural world or ecosystem.

Atmospherenoun

The air in a particular place.

Environmentnoun

All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.

Atmospherenoun

The apparent mood felt in an environment.

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Environmentnoun

A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.

Atmospherenoun

A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)

Environmentnoun

(computing) The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.

That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment.

Atmospherenoun

a particular environment or surrounding influence;

there was an atmosphere of excitement

Environmentnoun

(programming) The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.

Atmospherenoun

a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade

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Environmentnoun

(computing) The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.

Atmospherenoun

the mass of air surrounding the Earth;

there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphereit was exposed to the air

Environmentnoun

the totality of surrounding conditions;

he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom

Atmospherenoun

the weather or climate at some place;

the atmosphere was thick with fog

Environmentnoun

the area in which something exists or lives;

the country--the flat agricultural surround

Atmospherenoun

the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body

Atmospherenoun

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing;

an air of mysterythe house had a neglected airan atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquartersthe place had an aura of romance