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Lambda vs Expression - What's the difference?

lambda | expression |

As nouns the difference between lambda and expression

is that lambda is lambda (greek letter) while expression is a particular way of phrasing an idea.

lambda

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The eleventh letter of the alphabet.
  • Unit representation of wavelength.
  • (physics) The cosmological constant.
  • (computing, programming) A lambda expression.
  • (anatomy) The junction of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures of the cranium
  • (physics) A lambda baryon
  • Derived terms

    * lambdacism * lambda expression * lambda moth * lambdoid * lamda *

    expression

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A particular way of phrasing an idea.
  • A colloquialism or idiom.
  • A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=9 citation , passage=Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.}}
  • (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
  • (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
  • (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
  • Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.
  • Derived terms

    * arithmetic expression * linguistic expression * logical expression * regular expression * expression pedal

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