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Enumerate vs Iterate - What's the difference?

enumerate | iterate |

As verbs the difference between enumerate and iterate

is that enumerate is to specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order while iterate is to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set.

As a noun iterate is

a function that iterates.

As an adjective iterate is

said or done again; repeated.

enumerate

English

Verb

(enumerat)
  • To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
  • To determine the amount of.

    • iterate

    English

    Verb

    (iterat)
  • (computing, mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set
    • The max() function iterates through the data to find the highest value.
  • (computing, mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action
    • In mathematics, an iterated function is a function which is composed with itself, possibly ad infinitum, in a process called iteration.
  • (archaic) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
    • to iterate advice
  • * Milton
    • Nor Eve to iterate / Her former trespass feared.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) a function that iterates
    • f2(x0) is the second iterate of x0 under f.

    Derived terms

    * reiterate * iterative * iterator

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Said or done again; repeated.
    • (Bishop Gardiner)

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