Means vs Solution - What's the difference?
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An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
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A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
The answer to a problem.
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(legal, UK, archaic, rare) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
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As nouns the difference between means and solution
is that means is plural of lang=en while solution is a homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.As a verb means
is third-person singular of mean.means
English
(wikipedia means)Noun
(head)- A car is a means of transport .
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- He was living beyond his means .
Usage notes
Frequently contrasted with , as in “a means to an end”. Similar contrast is (process) vs. (product).Synonyms
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(en noun)citation, passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.}}