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Input vs Feedback - What's the difference?

input | feedback |

In transitive terms the difference between input and feedback

is that input is to accept data that is entered while feedback is to convey by means of specialized communications channel.

input

English

(wikipedia input)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of putting in; infusion.
  • That which is put in, as in an amount.
  • Contribution, or share in a contribution.
  • Something fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the outputs of that process.

    • Derived terms

    * input device

    Related terms

    * output

    Verb

  • To put in; put on.
  • To data.
    • The user inputs his date of birth and the computer displays his age.
  • To accept data that is entered.
  • * 2009 , J Stanley Warford, Computer Systems
    • The program inputs a value for the integer variable num and compares it with the constant integer limit.

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs English verbs with base form identical to past participle

    feedback

    English

    (wikipedia feedback)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Critical assessment on information produced
    • After you hand in your essays, I will give both grades and feedback .
  • (cybernetics, systems) The signal that is looped back to control a system within itself.
  • The high-pitched howling noise heard when there's a loop between a microphone and a speaker.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "feedback": positive, negative, delayed, linear, nonlinear, etc.

    Synonyms

    * (noise) Larsen effect * (noise) howlback * (noise) howlround

    Derived terms

    * biofeedback * feedbacker * feedback loop * feedback control * howlback * negative feedback * positive feedback

    Coordinate terms

    * feedforward * buffering

    Descendants

    * Spanish: (calque)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (music) To generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker.
    • The show ended with a riot of feedbacking guitars.
  • To provide informational feedback to.
    • His employees feedbacked him a lot more than he wanted.
  • To convey by means of specialized communications channel.
    • Customers feedbacked their complaints and some praise.

    Usage notes

    * Some are likely to prefer "feed back" and its inflected forms "feeds back", "feeding back", or "fed back". ----