Notion vs Definition - What's the difference?
notion | definition |
Mental]] apprehension of whatever may be known, [[think, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
* (Isaac Newton) (1642-1727)
* (George Cheyne) (1671-1743)
* (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
* (Alexander Hamilton) (ca.1756-1804)
A sentiment; an opinion.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
* (John Henry Newman) (1801-1890)
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(label) Sense; mind. Shakespeare.
(label) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, such as a button or zipper.
(label) Inclination; intention; disposition.
(semantics) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
The action or process of defining.
The act of defining; determination of the limits.
A product of defining.
The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
(bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
(programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
(mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
As nouns the difference between notion and definition
is that notion is mental]] apprehension of whatever may be known, [[think|thought, or imagined; idea, concept while definition is definition.notion
Noun
(en noun)- What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.
- Few agree in their notions about these words.
- That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc.
- Notion , again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.
- The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.
- A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.
George Goodchild
See also
* concept * conception * meaningExternal links
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English
(wikipedia definition)Noun
(en noun)- Her comic genius is beyond definition .
- The definition of a telescope.
- Improve the definition of an image.
- A jacket with distinct waist definition .