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Concession vs Deviation - What's the difference?

concession | deviation |

As nouns the difference between concession and deviation

is that concession is the act of conceding, especially that of defeat while deviation is the act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.

As a verb concession

is to grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.

concession

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the act of conceding, especially that of defeat
  • something, such as an argument, that is conceded or admitted to be wrong
  • (rhetoric) Admitting a point to strengthen one's overall case.
  • the grant of some land to be used for a specified purpose
  • (chiefly, US) a contract to operate a small business as a subsidiary of a larger company, or within the premises of some institution; the business itself and the space from which it operates
  • (Canada) In Ontario, a small road between tracts of farmland.
  • Derived terms

    * concessioner

    See also

    * paromologia * paromology

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
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    deviation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
  • The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
  • (contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
  • (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
  • (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
  • (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
  • Derived terms

    * absolute deviation * average deviation * deviation ratio * immune deviation * mean deviation * quartile deviation * relative deviation * sexual deviation * signed deviation * standard deviation