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Group vs Area - What's the difference?

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Group is a related term of area.


As nouns the difference between group and area

is that group is a number of things or persons being in some relation to one another while area is area.

As a verb group

is to put together to form a group.

group

English

Alternative forms

* groupe (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
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  • (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
  • (geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.
  • A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
  • (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
  • (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
  • (chemistry) A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
  • (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
  • (military) An air force formation.
  • (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
  • (computing) A number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
  • An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
  • (music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
  • (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while at the same time not playing teams that belong to other sets in the division.
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  • Synonyms

    * (number of things or persons being in some relation to each other) collection, set * (people who perform music together) band, ensemble * See also

    Hypernyms

    * (in group theory) monoid

    Derived terms

    * Abelian group, abelian group * encounter group * factor group * free group * fundamental group * general linear group * girl group * group homomorphism * group isomorphism * group leader * group representation * group theory * Lie group * Local Group * minority group * p -group * pop group * quotient group * simple group * subgroup

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put together to form a group.
  • To come together to form a group.
  • Synonyms

    * (put together to form a group) amass, categorise/categorize, classify, collect, collect up, gather, gather together, gather up

    area

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia area)
  • (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
  • A particular geographic region.
  • Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
  • Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.
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  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Making Life from Scratch , passage=Today, a new area of research that similarly aims to mimic a complex biological phenomenon—life itself—is taking off. Synthetic biology, a seductive experimental subfield in the life sciences, seems tantalizingly to promise custom-designed life created in the laboratory.}}
  • (British) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
  • (Charles Dickens)
  • (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
  • , title= Wigan 2-2 Arsenal , passage=Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.}}
  • (slang) Genitals.
  • Derived terms

    * * area code * area-denial * area of influence * area rug * area rule * Broca's area * combined statistical area * common area * danger area * disaster area * equal-area * free trade area * geographical area * goal area * gray area * grey area * lateral area * metropolitan area * metropolitan area network * notification area * outside gross area * penalty area * Planck area * prohibited area * protected area * rest area * restricted area * Ruhr Area * Schengen Area * safe area * second moment of area * service area * specific leaf area * staging area * surface area * terminal control area * Terminal High Altitude Area Defense * ventral tegmental area * Wernicke's area

    See also

    * Imperial: square inches, square feet, square yards, square miles, acres * Metric: square meters/square metres, square centimeters/square centimetres, square kilometers/square kilometres, hectares

    Anagrams

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