Instrument vs Protocol - What's the difference?
instrument | protocol |
A device used to produce music.
A means or agency for achieving an effect.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
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, chapter=1 A measuring or displaying device.
A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
(legal) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
(figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
To apply measuring devices.
To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
* 1842 , Thomas Campbell, Frederick the Great and his Times , vol. II, p. 47:
* 1970 , Matthew Smith Anderson, The Great Powers and the Near East, 1774-1923 , p. 32:
(international law) An amendment to an official treaty.
* 2002 , Philippe Sands, Principles of International Environmental Law , p. 917 n. 253:
The first leaf of a roll of papyrus, or the official mark typically found on such a page.
* 1991 , Leila Avrin, Scribes, Script, and Books , p. 146:
The official formulas which appeared at the beginning or end of certain official documents such as charters, papal bulls etc.
* 1985 , Archivum Historiae Pontificiae , v. 23, p. 14:
(sciences) The original notes of observations made during an experiment; also, the precise method for carrying out or reproducing a given experiment.
* 1931 , Gye & Purdy, The Cause of Cancer , p. 194:
The official rules and guidelines for heads of state and other dignitaries, governing accepted behaviour in relations with other diplomatic representatives or over affairs of state.
* 2009 , Laura Johnson, "A mwah too far", The Guardian , 19 Sep 2009:
(by extension) An accepted code of conduct; acceptable behaviour in a given situation or group.
* 2010 , The Guardian , 16 Jul 2010:
(computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network.
* 2006 , Zheng & Ni, Smart Phone and Next-Generation Mobile Computing , p. 444:
(medicine) The set of instructions allowing a licensed medical professional to start, modify, or stop a medical or patient care order.
(obsolete) To make a protocol of.
(obsolete) To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols.
As nouns the difference between instrument and protocol
is that instrument is while protocol is .As a verb protocol is
(obsolete|transitive) to make a protocol of.instrument
English
(wikipedia instrument)Noun
(en noun)- The violinist was a master of her instrument .
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- The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.
- The dentist set down his tray of instruments'''.'' The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer but wished he had a more accurate ' instrument ."
- A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value.
- Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets.
- Or useful serving man and instrument , / To any sovereign state.
- The bold are but the instruments of the wise.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* blunt instrument * debt instrument * derivative instrument * financial instrument * instrumentation * instrumental * instrumentive * measuring instrument * musical instrument * negotiable instrument * writing instrumentVerb
(en verb)- a sonata instrumented for orchestra
Synonyms
* (to apply measuring devices) measure, supervise * * (to perform on an instrument) play * (to prepare for an instrument) arrangeSee also
* instrumentalAnagrams
* ----protocol
English
(wikipedia protocol)Noun
(en noun)- Another account says that, on the morning of the 31st of May, the king delivered to the prince-royal the crown, the sceptre, and the key of his treasure and gave him his blessing. The privy-counsillor Vockerodt drew up at his desire a protocol of the transaction.
- The terms of this protocol formed the basis for the Treaty of London signed by the British, French and Russian governments on 6 July 1827.
- The 1992 Protocol amended the definitions of other terms, including ‘ship’, ‘oil’ and ‘incident’: Art. 2.
- They marked the beginning of each scroll with their protocol''''', a practice that continued in the papyrus trade in the Byzantine Empire [...] into the Islamic period, when there were bilingual ' protocols in Greek and Arabic.
- The protocol of the bull contains elements that appear to be formulaic by the time of John XVIII 's pontificate.
- The following is an abstract of the protocol of the experiment: Tumour extract. —A measured 16 c.c. of minced Rous Sarcoma tissue was ground with sand and extracted with 400 c.c. of 0.8-per-cent. saline.
- Even the Queen (for whom the curtsey is a more standard address) was recently treated to an enthusiastic Obama embrace. Her Majesty, who is not normally known for partaking in such public displays of affection, seemed unperturbed by Michelle Obama's disregard for royal protocol .
- For those uncertain in the protocol of handshaking a formula for the perfect handshake has been devised by scientists at the University of Manchester.
- An exception is Jabber, which is designed based on an open protocol called the extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP).
Synonyms
* procedure * policyVerb
- (Carlyle)