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Duration vs Runtime - What's the difference?

duration | runtime |

As nouns the difference between duration and runtime

is that duration is an amount of time or a particular time interval while runtime is .

As an adjective runtime is

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duration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An amount of time or a particular time interval.
  • The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war
    • Rationing will last at least for the duration .
  • (finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.

    • See also

    * * (Bond duration) * dictionary.reference.com entry

    runtime

    English

    Adjective

    (-)

    • Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

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