Definition vs Instruction - What's the difference?
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(semantics) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
The action or process of defining.
The act of defining; determination of the limits.
A product of defining.
The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
(bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
(programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
(mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
(lb) The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:If my instructions may be your guide.
(lb) An order or command.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
(lb) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
As nouns the difference between definition and instruction
is that definition is definition while instruction is (lb) the act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.definition
English
(wikipedia definition)Noun
(en noun)- Her comic genius is beyond definition .
- The definition of a telescope.
- Improve the definition of an image.
- A jacket with distinct waist definition .
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* circular definition * conceptual definition * definition by example * definition by pointing * dictionary definition * enumerative definition * extensional definition * intensional definition * lexical definition * operational definition * ostensive definition * precising definition * recursive definition * stipulative definition * working definitioninstruction
Noun
F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”}}