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Counting vs Calculation - What's the difference?

counting | calculation |

As nouns the difference between counting and calculation

is that counting is a count; the act by which something is counted while calculation is the act or process of calculating.

As a verb counting

is present participle of lang=en.

counting

English

Verb

(head)
  • Derived terms

    * and counting * counting number * countinghouse

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A count; the act by which something is counted.
  • calculation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
  • (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
  • (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
  • By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
  • (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
  • Synonyms

    * (act or process of calculating) calculating]], computation, [[compute, computing, reckoning (old ) * (Result of calculation) sum * (estimate) estimate, guess, reckoning, measurement

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