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Calculate vs Arithmetic - What's the difference?

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In mathematics|lang=en terms the difference between calculate and arithmetic

is that calculate is (mathematics) to determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon while arithmetic is (mathematics) of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.

As a verb calculate

is (mathematics) to determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.

As a noun arithmetic is

the mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

As an adjective arithmetic is

(mathematics) of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.

calculate

English

Verb

(calculat)
  • (mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
  • (mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
  • (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
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  • To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • A cunning man did calculate my birth.
  • To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
  • * Archbishop Tillotson
  • [Religion] is calculated for our benefit.

    Synonyms

    * (determine value of or solution to) compute, reckon (old), work out * (determine values or solutions) compute, reckon (old)

    Derived terms

    * calculating

    arithmetic

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
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    Synonyms

    * (study) math (US), maths (UK), mathematics

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from the noun "arithmetic") * affine arithmetic * arithmetician * binary arithmetic * Boolean arithmetic * clock arithmetic * congruence arithmetic * decimal arithmetic * floating-point arithmetic * fuzzy arithmetic * interval arithmetic * location arithmetic * modular arithmetic * Peano arithmetic * Presburger arithmetic * saturation arithmetic * significance arithmetic

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
  • arithmetic geometry
  • *
  • (arithmetic) Of a progression, mean, etc, computed solely using addition.
  • arithmetic progression

    Coordinate terms

    * (computed solely using addition) geometric

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from the adjective "arithmetic") * arithmetic mean * arithmetic progression * arithmetic series

    See also

    * English heteronyms