Option vs. Selection
Difference Between Option and Selection
Optionnoun
One of a set of choices that can be made.
Selectionnoun
The process or act of selecting.
The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.Optionnoun
The freedom or right to choose.
Selectionnoun
Something selected.
My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafitte.Optionnoun
A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
Selectionnoun
A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.Optionnoun
(graphical user interface) A button on a screen used to select an action (often "menu option").
Selectionnoun
A musical piece.
For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.Optionverb
To purchase an option on something.
The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it.Selectionnoun
(databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
Optionverb
To configure, by setting an option.
Selectionnoun
(linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. Wp
Optionnoun
the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
Selectionnoun
(programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. Wp
Optionnoun
one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen;
what option did I have?there no other alternativemy only choice is to refuseSelectionnoun
(algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
Optionnoun
the act of choosing or selecting;
your choice of colors was unfortunateyou can take your pickSelectionnoun
(historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. Wp
Selectionnoun
(biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. Wp
Selectionnoun
(biology) natural selection
Selectionnoun
the act of choosing or selecting;
your choice of colors was unfortunateyou can take your pickSelectionnoun
an assortment of things from which a choice can be made;
the store carried a large selection of shoesSelectionnoun
the person or thing chosen or selected;
he was my pick for mayorSelectionnoun
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Selectionnoun
a passage selected from a larger work;
he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
