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Context vs Example - What's the difference?

context | example |

As nouns the difference between context and example

is that context is the surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence while example is something that is representative of all such things in a group.

As verbs the difference between context and example

is that context is to knit or bind together; to unite closely while example is to be illustrated or exemplified (by).

As an adjective context

is knit or woven together; close; firm.

context

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
    • In what context did your attack on him happen? - We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The display and result must be placed in the context that was it was against a side that looked every bit their Fifa world ranking of 141 - but England completed the job with efficiency to record their biggest away win in 19 years.}}
  • (senseid) (linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.
  • (archaeology) The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.
  • (mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom.

    • Antonyms

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    Derived terms

    () * context-dependent * context-free * context-sensitive * in context, compare in isolation * keyword in context, KWIC * keyword out of context, KWOC * out of context * take out of context

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "context")

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
    • (Feltham)
  • * R. Junius
    • The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm.
  • * Derham
    • The coats, without, are context and callous.
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    example

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
  • Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
    • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
  • Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
  • * Bible, (w) xiii, 15
    • For I have given you an example , that ye should do as I have done to you.
  • * (John Milton)
    • I gave, thou sayest, the example ; I led the way.
  • * 1818 , (Mary Shelley), :
    • Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge,
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.
  • A person punished as a warning to others.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • Hang him; he'll be made an example .
  • * Bible, x, 6
    • Now these things were our examples , to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
  • A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • Such temperate order in so fierce a cause / Doth want example .
  • An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * for example * make an example of * proof by example * set an example

    Related terms

    * exemplary

    See also

    * exemplar * model * pattern * quotation * template

    Verb

    (exampl)
  • To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

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