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Compliance vs Implementation - What's the difference?

compliance | implementation |

As nouns the difference between compliance and implementation

is that compliance is an act of complying while implementation is the process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.

compliance

English

Noun

  • An act of complying.
  • (uncountable) The state of being compliant.
  • (uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
  • A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility
  • (medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan
  • (uncountable, business) the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with

    • Antonyms

    *(act of complying) violation

    implementation

    English

    (wikipedia implementation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.
    • Now that the requirements are complete we can move on to implementation .
  • (electronics) A result of implementing something; a finished product, system or device.
    • His implementation works, but it needs some fine-tuning.

    Derived terms

    * reference implementation