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Application vs Engagement - What's the difference?

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Application is a related term of engagement.


As nouns the difference between application and engagement

is that application is the act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb while engagement is engagement.

application

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
  • The thing applied.
  • * Johnson
    • He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched.
  • * 1857 , John Eadie, ?John Francis Waller, ?William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography
    • His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications , internal and external, gradually restored him to life.
  • The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
  • * (John Locke)
    • If a right course be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments.
  • 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.
  • (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.
  • A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school.
    • December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications .
  • (bureaucracy, legal) A petition, entreaty, or other request.
    • Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Synonyms

    * (computer software) software, program

    References

    * WordNet 3.0 [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=application]. ----

    engagement

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia engagement) (en noun)
  • (countable) an appointment, especially to speak or perform
    • The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.
  • (uncountable) connection or attachment
    • Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.
  • (countable or uncountable) the period of time when marriage is planned or promised
    • We are enjoying a long engagement , but haven't yet set a date.
  • In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.
    • The engagement resulted in many casualties.
  • (fencing) the point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.
    • After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail .

    Derived terms

    * engagement ring

    Related terms

    * engage

    Derived terms

    * disengagement

    See also

    * battle * campaign ----