Appraisal vs Calculation - What's the difference?
appraisal | calculation | Related terms |
(mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
(mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
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(countable) Reckoning, estimate.
(countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
Appraisal is a related term of calculation.
As nouns the difference between appraisal and calculation
is that appraisal is a judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one while calculation is (mathematics|uncountable) the act or process of calculating.appraisal
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* appraisal theory * overappraisal * quasi-appraisal * underappraisalcalculation
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- By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.