Math vs Literature - What's the difference?
math | literature |
(uncountable, North America)
(uncountable, North America) Arithmetic]] [[calculation, calculations; .
(countable, North America) A math course.
The body of all written works.
The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture.
All the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
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Written fiction of a high standard.
As nouns the difference between math and literature
is that math is a mowing; what is gathered from mowing or math can be (uncountable|north america) or math can be (hinduism|jainism) while literature is the body of all written works.math
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) math, from (etyl) . See (l).Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
Contraction of mathematics.Alternative forms
* maths (qualifier)Noun
(mathematics)- If you do the math , you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.
- $170 a month? That doesn’t sound right. Let me check your math .
- They needed to take two more maths
Derived terms
* check the math * do the math * new mathEtymology 3
Contraction of matha.Anagrams
* (l) ----literature
English
(wikipedia literature) (Literature) (Literature) (Literature)Alternative forms
* literatuer (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)- The obvious question to ask at this point is: ‘Why posit the existence of a set of Thematic Relations (THEME, AGENT, INSTRUMENT, etc.) distinct from constituent structure relations?? The answer given in the relevant literature is that a variety of linguistic phenomena can be accounted for in a more principled way in terms of Thematic Functions than in terms of constituent structure relations.
- However, even “literary” science fiction rarely qualifies as literature , because it treats characters as sets of traits rather than as fully realized human beings with unique life stories. —Adam Cadre, 2008