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Engineering vs Technological - What's the difference?

engineering | technological |

As a verb engineering

is .

As a noun engineering

is (label) the application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

As an adjective technological is

of, relating to, involving or caused by technology, especially modern scientific technology.

engineering

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
  • The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.
  • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * aerospace engineering * chemical engineering * civil engineering * control engineering * electrical engineering * engineering society * genetic engineering * geotechnical engineering * information engineering * manufacturing engineering * mechanical engineering * mechatronics engineering * memetic engineering * molecular engineering * protein engineering * reverse engineering * social engineering * software engineering * soil mechanics and engineering * sound engineering * systems engineering * tombstone engineering

    See also

    * science * applied mathematics

    technological

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, involving or caused by technology, especially modern scientific technology.
  • Derived terms

    * technological advancement * technological unemployment