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Execution vs Running - What's the difference?

execution | running |

As nouns the difference between execution and running

is that execution is execution while running is the action of the verb to run .

As an adjective running is

moving or advancing by running.

As an adverb running is

(informal) consecutively; in a row.

As a verb running is

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execution

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
  • *
  • The state of being executed (accomplished).
    • The battle plan was successfully executed .
  • The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
  • (legal) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
  • (legal) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
  • (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
    • The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker .
    Whenever the matrix inversion function executed the program crashed.

    Derived terms

    * execution style * posthumous execution

    Related terms

    * execute * executioner * executive * executor

    Hyponyms

    * (penalty of death) crucifixion, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection

    External links

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    running

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Moving or advancing by running.
  • # Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
  • successive; one following the other without break or intervention
    • to be away two days running
  • Flowing; easy; cursive.
    • running handwriting
  • Continuous; keeping along step by step.
    • a running explanation
  • * Milton
    • a running conquest
  • * Hare
    • What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?
  • (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
    • a running vine
  • (medicine) Discharging pus.
    • a running sore

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (informal) consecutively; in a row
    • Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running .

    Noun

    (wikipedia running) (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to run .
    • His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
  • The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
    • Running is good exercise.
  • That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
    • the first running of a still
  • The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

    • Derived terms

    * in running order * in the running * out of the running * running costs * running dictation

    Verb

    (head)

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