Activity vs Response - What's the difference?
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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
Something done as an action or a movement.
Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
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(senseid)An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
(senseid)The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
An oracular answer.
(liturgics ) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
(liturgics ) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
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As nouns the difference between activity and response
is that activity is the state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities while response is (an answer or reply)An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.activity
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(wikipedia activity)Noun
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Usage notes
* Adjectives often used with "activity": increased, decreased, high, low, volcanic, seismic, eruptive, intellectual, physical, mental, spiritual, muscular, cerebral, favorite, recreational, practical, cultural, artistic, literary, musical, political, diplomatic, military, domestic, voluntary, missionary, chemical, optical, productive, reproductive, industrial, commercial, etc.Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* rest * passivityDerived terms
* radioactivityExternal links
* * 1000 English basic wordsresponse
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Quotations
* 1338 , , Middle English Chronicle *: What was his respons written, I ne sauh no herd. * 1842 , , The Two Voices *: Then did my response clearer fall:"No compound of this earthly ball
Is like another, all in all." * 1874 , , Sensation and Intuition , p. 17. *: There seems a vast psychological interval between an emotional response to the action of some grateful stimulus and the highly complex intellectual and emotional development implied in a distinct appreciation of objective beauty.