Resolution vs Promise - What's the difference?
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A strong will, determination.
The state of being resolute.
A statement of intent, a vow
The act of discerning detail.
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(computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
(computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.
(math) The act or process of solving; solution.
A formal statement adopted by an assembly.
(sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
(sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
(music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
An oath or affirmation; a vow.
A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
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Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
* Washington Irving
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(obsolete) Bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised.
* Bible, Acts i. 4
To commit to something or action; to make an oath; make a vow.
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As nouns the difference between resolution and promise
is that resolution is a strong will, determination while promise is an oath or affirmation; a vow.As a verb promise is
to commit to something or action; to make an oath; make a vow.resolution
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Noun
(en noun)Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture, passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution , resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
- name resolution
- the resolution of an equation
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* resolutionist * New Year's resolutionSee also
* polygon resolution * texture resolutionpromise
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Alternative forms
* promyseNoun
(en noun)pages 547–548
- He pur?ued Andrew Hou?toun upon his promi?e , to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in ab?ence obtained him to be holden as confe?t and Decerned.
- My native country was full of youthful promise .
citation, passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.}}
- He commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father.
Verb
(promis)Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
- The clouds promise rain.
citation, passage=I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.}}
