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Finding vs Feedback - What's the difference?

finding | feedback |

As nouns the difference between finding and feedback

is that finding is a result of research or an investigation while feedback is critical assessment on information produced.

As verbs the difference between finding and feedback

is that finding is while feedback is (music) to generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker.

finding

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A result of research or an investigation.
  • (legal) A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
  • A self-contained component of assembled jewellery.
  • Derived terms

    * key finding * wayfinding

    Verb

    (head)
  • feedback

    Noun

    (-)
  • Critical assessment on information produced
  • After you hand in your essays, I will give both grades and feedback .
  • (cybernetics, systems) The signal that is looped back to control a system within itself.
  • The high-pitched howling noise heard when there's a loop between a microphone and a speaker.
  • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "feedback": positive, negative, delayed, linear, nonlinear, etc.

    Synonyms

    * (noise) Larsen effect * (noise) howlback * (noise) howlround

    Derived terms

    * biofeedback * feedbacker * feedback loop * feedback control * howlback * negative feedback * positive feedback

    Coordinate terms

    * feedforward * buffering

    Descendants

    * Spanish: (calque)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (music) To generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker.
  • The show ended with a riot of feedbacking guitars.
  • To provide informational feedback to.
  • His employees feedbacked him a lot more than he wanted.
  • To convey by means of specialized communications channel.
  • Customers feedbacked their complaints and some praise.

    Usage notes

    * Some are likely to prefer "feed back" and its inflected forms "feeds back", "feeding back", or "fed back". ----