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Heuristic vs Heraldry - What's the difference?

heuristic | heraldry |

As nouns the difference between heuristic and heraldry

is that heuristic is a heuristic method while heraldry is (uncountable) the profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.

As an adjective heuristic

is relating to general strategies or methods for solving problems.

heuristic

English

(wikipedia heuristic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to general strategies or methods for solving problems.
  • (computing, of a method or algorithm) that solves a problem more quickly but is not certain to arrive at an optimal solution.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2002, author=Te Chiang Hu, Man-tak Shing, title=Combinatorial Algorithms citation
    • , passage=If a heuristic algorithm works for most of the input data or its maximum percentage error is tolerable, we may prefer the heuristic algorithm to an optimum algorithm that requires a long time.}}

    Derived terms

    * heuristically * heuristical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A heuristic method.
  • The art of applying heuristic methods.

    • heraldry

    English

    (wikipedia heraldry)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
    • Rouge Dragon Pursuivant is a specialist in heraldry at the College of Arms.
  • (countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
  • (uncountable) Pageantry.
    • Onlookers were impressed by the rich and colorful heraldry .

    Related terms

    * herald * heraldic * heraldric