Method vs Thread - What's the difference?
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A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process):
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(programming, object-oriented) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
(slang) Marijuana.
A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
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A theme or idea.
A screw thread.
A sequence of connections.
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The line midway between the banks of a stream.
(label) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
(label) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread.
A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
(label) Composition; quality; fineness.
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To put thread through.
To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
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To screw on, to fit the s of a nut on a bolt
As nouns the difference between method and thread
is that method is a process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process): while thread is thread (computing: unit of execution).method
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Noun
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Derived terms
(A process by which a task is completed) * comparative method * historical method * methodical * methodology * scholarly method * scientific method * Socratic method * philosophical method * convenience method * virtual methodAnagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsthread
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Noun
(en noun)“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./1/2
- A neat courtier, / Of a most elegant thread .
Synonyms
* (theme) topicDerived terms
* hang by a thread * quadruple thread * screw thread * thread count * thread necromancy * thread pool * threadbare * threader * threadyVerb
- thread a needle
- I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.
- Picking the ball up in his own half, Januzaj threaded a 40-yard pass into the path of Rooney to slice Southampton open in the blink of an eye.
