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Mapping vs Imaging - What's the difference?

mapping | imaging |

As nouns the difference between mapping and imaging

is that mapping is the process of making maps while imaging is the technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts.

As verbs the difference between mapping and imaging

is that mapping is while imaging is .

mapping

English

(wikipedia mapping)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of making maps.
  • (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence.
  • (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
  • (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • imaging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts.
  • The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors.

    • Synonyms

    * (use of mental images) visualization

    Hyponyms

    * (technique or practice of creating images of the invisible) magnetic resonance imaging, sonography, thermography, tomography