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Ideate vs Iterate - What's the difference?

ideate | iterate |

As verbs the difference between ideate and iterate

is that ideate is to apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize while iterate is (computing|mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set.

As nouns the difference between ideate and iterate

is that ideate is (metaphysics) the actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence while iterate is (mathematics) a function that iterates.

As an adjective iterate is

(obsolete) said or done again; repeated.

ideate

English

Etymology 1

From

Verb

(ideat)
  • To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
  • To generate an idea.
  • Derived terms
    * ideation * ideational * ideationally * ideative

    Etymology 2

    (lena) ideatum. See idea.

    Alternative forms

    * ideat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (metaphysics) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
  • iterate

    English

    Verb

    (iterat)
  • (computing, mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set
  • The max() function iterates through the data to find the highest value.
  • (computing, mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action
  • In mathematics, an iterated function is a function which is composed with itself, possibly ad infinitum, in a process called iteration.
  • (archaic) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
  • to iterate advice
  • * Milton
  • Nor Eve to iterate / Her former trespass feared.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) a function that iterates
  • f2(x0) is the second iterate of x0 under f.

    Derived terms

    * reiterate * iterative * iterator

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Said or done again; repeated.
  • (Bishop Gardiner)