Computation vs Calculation - What's the difference?
computation | calculation |
The act or process of ; calculation; reckoning.
The result of computation; the amount computed.
(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.
Calculation is a synonym of computation.
As nouns the difference between computation and calculation
is that computation is the act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning while calculation is the act or process of calculating.computation
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* computationalSee also
* ("computation" on Wikipedia) ----calculation
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- By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.