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Implementation vs Usage - What's the difference?

implementation | usage |

As a noun implementation

is the process of moving an idea from concept to reality in business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.

As an adjective usage is

used.

implementation

English

(wikipedia implementation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.
    • Now that the requirements are complete we can move on to implementation .
  • (electronics) A result of implementing something; a finished product, system or device.
    • His implementation works, but it needs some fine-tuning.

    Derived terms

    * reference implementation

    usage

    English

    (wikipedia usage)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The manner or the amount of using; use
  • Habit or accepted practice
  • (lexicography) The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis.
  • # Correct or proper use of language, proclaimed by some authority.
  • # Geographic, social, or temporal restrictions on the use of words.

    • Derived terms

    * usage dictionary * usage guide * usage label * usage lexicography * usage note * usage panel

    References

    * * Sydney I. Landau (2001), Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, p 217.

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