Heuristic vs Motto - What's the difference?
heuristic | motto |
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
, 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.}}
(heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}
As nouns the difference between heuristic and motto
is that heuristic is a heuristic method while motto is a sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.As an adjective heuristic
is relating to general strategies or methods for solving problems.heuristic
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(wikipedia heuristic)Adjective
(en adjective)citation
Derived terms
* heuristically * heuristicalmotto
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en-noun)- It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, ... Serve God, and be cheerful.
citation, passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}