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Application vs Solution - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between application and solution

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 solution is a homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.

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]. ----

    solution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
  • An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
  • The answer to a problem.
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  • A product, service or suite thereof.
  • (legal, UK, archaic, rare) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
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    • Antonyms

    * problem